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During Question Period on health matters, Andrew Lawton of the Conservatives said the government spent $300 million on the PrescribeIT e-prescribing project with nothing to show for it, said the project’s leader was paid $900,000 a year, said a committee investigation into it was stopped, and asked the Prime Minister to end the spending. Steven MacKinnon, responding for the Liberals, said the question consisted of slogans and asked the Conservatives to identify which spending they would cut.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Andrew Lawton

Conservative
“The government wasted $300 million on an e-prescribing project that did not work, and paid its leader $900,000 a year. Then they stopped a committee from investigating it. I want the Prime Minister to stop this waste.”
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Mr. Speaker, once again the Prime Minister is padding the pockets of consultants, insiders and elites while Canadians pay the price for his costly credit card budget. The Liberals blew $300 million on PrescribeIT with nothing to show for it. They said they were going to axe the fax, but instead they just embraced the waste. Now we learn that the health minister paid the Liberal-appointed head of the program $900,000 per year. No wonder they shut down a committee investigation into it. When will the Prime Minister cut the waste, cut the corruption and look out for ordinary Canadians for a change?

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Steven MacKinnon

Liberal
“I want the Conservatives to stop using slogans and list the spending they would cut.”

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Mr. Speaker, we have a new winner: most empty slogans in one single question, which was just won by the member across. The thing the Conservatives could deliver, the thing I think Canadians would appreciate, the thing that would add to the substance of this debate, is whether he will cut the empty slogans and table that list of things that they think are inflationary spending and that they would cut and deprive Canadians of.

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