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Adjournment Proceedings

An adjournment debate on PrescribeIT, the federal electronic prescription program. Dan Mazier of the Conservatives asked why a Liberal parliamentary secretary moved to turn off the cameras at a health committee meeting about the program, saying the $300-million program had failed. Maggie Chi of the Liberals responded that PrescribeIT was launched in 2017 and was always intended to be funded by provinces after the initial federal setup, that Quebec has now agreed to fund it itself, and that the focus should be on modernizing digital health systems. Mazier repeated that the camera question was not answered.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Dan Mazier

Conservative
“During a meeting about a failed $300-million government program, a Liberal member voted to turn off the cameras. I want to know why she did that.”
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Madam Speaker, on April 28, the health committee held an emergency meeting on the Liberals’ $300-million PrescribeIT program failure. During that meeting, the parliamentary secretary for health moved a motion to shut off the committee cameras. She never explained why. I will ask her directly. Why did she shut off the cameras?

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Dan Mazier

Conservative
“The member did not answer my question. I want to know why the Liberal parliamentary secretary voted to turn off the cameras during a committee meeting about a failed 300-million-dollar program.”
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Madam Speaker, the member did not answer my question. Canadians want to know why the Liberal parliamentary secretary for health turned off the cameras at the health committee during an emergency meeting on the $300-million PrescribeIT program failure. It is a very simple question. Why did she vote to turn off the committee cameras?

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