“The government spent $300 million on an online prescription program that barely works, and $200 million of that money is missing. The head of that program was paid $1 million a year, got huge bonuses, and received another $1 million when he was fired. Liberal ministers ignored this and tried to hide it. I want the government to explain how it can justify this spending.”

“Madam Speaker, I rise to follow up on a question that I posed to the Minister of Health regarding the outrageous compensation paid to Michael Green, the CEO in charge of the Liberals’ $300-million PrescribeIT debacle. PrescribeIT, of course, is the Liberal government’s program that was supposed to digitize and streamline prescriptions across Canada. It is now $300 million later, and there is almost nothing to show for it at PrescribeIT. Instead of streamlining and digitizing prescriptions, PrescribeIT accounts for only a meagre 5% of prescriptions across Canada. On top of that, fully 200 million tax dollars are missing and unaccounted for. That is 200 million tax dollars that literally went into a black hole. For all of that, the CEO, Mr. Green, was awarded compensation of $1 million a year, including, in his last year, receiving a $215,000 performance bonus. He received $1 million of compensation for no work, with nothing to show for it other than 200 million tax dollars that literally went into a black hole. All of this occurred under the watch of the current health minister and previous Liberal health ministers, who all turned a blind eye. Since this scandal became public, the Liberals have been in full cover-up mode. Despite all of the attempts to cover up all that went on at PrescribeIT, including the outrageous compensation that was awarded to Mr. Green, we have been doing some digging. The more we dig, the more we learn and the worse it gets. Court filings reveal that Mr. Green was actually awarded $600,000 in performance bonuses between 2022 and 2025 for work that was characterized as exceeding, thriving and delivering. We cannot make this stuff up. The Minister of Health pats herself on the back for terminating Mr. Green, but she only did so after this scandal came to light and she, effectively, had no choice. What the health minister failed to disclose, which we subsequently learned upon obtaining Mr. Green’s termination letter, is that he received $1 million on his way out the door, a $1-million golden parachute. How do the Liberals justify any of this?”

“The government spent $300 million on a failed program, and another $200 million went missing over 10 years. It is not enough to say the minister acted only when she found out. Health ministers should have known what was happening. The minister must take responsibility for this.”

“Madam Speaker, is the member talking about further protecting the tax dollars of Canadians? There has been $300 million to a failed program and 200 million tax dollars that went unaccounted for during 10 years under the Liberal government’s watch, and the parliamentary secretary says, “Well, the minister acted when she found out about it.” What was she doing all this time? What were Liberal health ministers doing all this time? What part of ministerial responsibility does the minister not accept?”