“The government spent $300 million on a program that didn't work. I'm going to blame the previous government for starting the program. Don't blame us; we shut it down. This is good for Canadians.”
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A debate about the Liberal government giving $300 million to a failed e-prescription program launched under the previous Conservative government, with Conservatives asking what happened to the money and Liberals arguing uptake was low and they shut it down when they came into office. The Liberal Minister says they still plan to give the responsible crown corporation $50 million this year for an 'action plan'.
“I'm going to repeat what I said before. The program started in 2017 and didn't work well. When I became the Minister, I looked at it and saw that it wasn't doing much. So we ended it to save money.”
“You're right, CEO was bad. I talked to the board. They took action. This year we'll give Infoway $50 million more of your dollars.”