“I want to make the government look wasteful. I'm demanding an investigation into a $300 million program that failed.”
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A bill to make health information technology like electronic prescription systems interoperable and stop vendors from blocking data sharing. During discussion, the Conservatives questioned the Liberals on why a past $300 million electronic prescription program was shut down with little to show for it, while the Liberals said they ended it to save money and pitched their new bill as the solution.
“I think the government wasted $300 million. I don't believe their excuse. I want an investigation.”
“I want the Auditor General to investigate what happened to the $300 million spent on PrescribeIT. The Liberals are preventing Canadians from finding out where the money went.”