“We wanted an investigation into $300 million the government wasted on a health program. When we asked for that, the Liberals turned off the committee cameras. Why did they turn off the cameras?”

“Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to be at the late show to follow up on some questions that need to be answered. Last week, Conservatives called an emergency meeting of the health committee to investigate the $300 million the Liberals wasted on PrescribeIT. When we moved a motion to call on the Auditor General to investigate the program, the Liberal parliamentary secretary for health moved a motion to turn off the committee cameras. My question is simple: Why did the Liberals turn off the cameras?”

“The government spent $300 million on an electronic prescription program, but people were still using faxes after 10 years. I want to know why the parliamentary secretary voted to turn off the cameras while our committee was investigating this.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am sort of confused, because yesterday at the health committee, the board chair of Health Infoway actually said that the program was a success, yet the Liberal government has been shutting it down. However, it still managed to spend $300 million and was still sending fax messages after 10 years. I will go back to my original question: Why did the parliamentary secretary for health vote to turn off the cameras at the health committee while we were investigating the $300 million spent on PrescribeIT? Why did she turn off the cameras?”