MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Dan Mazier

Conservative Riding Mountain 50 statements translated

Mazier frequently criticizes the Liberal government for wasting taxpayer money on failed programs and giving benefits to people he believes are underserving. He presses for investigations into alleged government mismanagement and suggests the Liberals are trying to hide their failures. Mazier focuses his questions on government spending, healthcare, and immigration.

Adjournment Proceedings

2026-05-06

“I think you messed up. The program spent a lot of money. It didn't do much. Why did you hide it?”

“I want to bring attention to a government program I say is wasteful. Why did you hide from public view?”

Government Orders

Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act

2026-05-06

“$300 million in taxpayer money wasted on PrescribeIT for almost nothing in return. A non-profit CEO paid nearly $900,000 a year while the program failed. The Liberals quietly shut it down and hoped no one would notice. No accountability for massive waste. That's the real result of Liberal spending.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, the bill is about how much money the Liberals have actually wasted here. The PrescribeIT program is a blinding example, and it is absolutely a waste of $300 million. Canada Health Infoway is a so-called non-profit organization funded by the federal Minister of Health. For nearly a decade, the Liberals poured money into a program called “PrescribeIT”. They promised PrescribeIT would eliminate fax machines for prescription drugs, but as a result, it was a $300-million failure. There was $300 million spent, and fewer than 5% of prescriptions ever made were on the platform. In my province of Manitoba, a province of over one million people, the program collected just over $1,200 in fee revenue over 15 months. The Liberals promised that it would be financially self-sustainable. What a joke. However, after spending $300 million with nothing to show for it, the Liberals quietly shut down the program and hoped that Canadians would never notice. The CEO of Canada Health Infoway, who refused to disclose his own salary at the health committee, was earning nearly $900,000 a year while this was happening. This was for a non-profit organization. He was fired last month, after the Conservatives launched an investigation. This is what Liberal spending looks like. It is a black hole with no accountability.

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Oral Questions

Health

2026-05-06

“The Liberal minister wasted $300 million on a failed program. The minister did nothing to stop it. I want the minister to explain this failure.”

Adjournment Proceedings

2026-04-29

“The previous speaker dodged my real question. I'll ask again, plainly: does this government believe it's fair to give rejected asylum claimants more taxpayer-funded health perks than actual taxpayers get? Yes or no.”

“I'm filling my time with a red meat story about public sector waste andｰ in a follow up on a previous statement ｰ how the Liberals are giving too many government services to rejected asylum seekers.”

Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to do the late show. I want to begin with a brief comment, given that we are discussing the work of the health committee. We just received word that the CEO and president of Canada Health Infoway, Michael Green, has been fired by the Infoway board. As Canadians are finding out, Canada Health Infoway is a taxpayer-funded organization the Liberals funnelled $300 million through to run the failed PrescribeIT program. This news comes just hours after Conservatives uncovered that Mr. Green pocketed over $830,000 in taxpayer-funded compensation last year, which included a maximum performance bonus of over $215,000. The only reason Michael Green was fired from Canada Health Infoway is that Conservatives exposed the Liberals' $300-million PrescribeIT failure. The health minister had every tool to audit and evaluate Infoway, but instead she let the CEO of a failing program pocket millions in taxpayer-funded compensation, including maximum performance bonuses. Conservatives will not stop investigating PrescribeIT until we find out where every dollar went and who else got rich. We are not here to discuss the $300-million PrescribeIT scandal, though. We are here to discuss the $1.5-billion interim federal health program scandal. Thanks to my colleague from Red Deer, Conservatives have uncovered that the Liberals have spent more than $275 million on health benefits for asylum seekers whose claims were rejected by the government's own Immigration and Refugee Board. According to the Liberal government, rejected asylum claimants remain eligible for deluxe health benefits like physiotherapy, home care and speech therapy. As such, my question is simple. Does the Liberal member believe it is fair that a rejected asylum claimant receives better taxpayer-funded health benefits than the Canadians who are paying for them?

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Oral Questions

Health

2026-04-27

“I think the government wasted $300 million. I don't believe their excuse. I want an investigation.”

“I want to make the government look wasteful. I'm demanding an investigation into a $300 million program that failed.”

Oral Questions

Health

2026-04-23

“The government spent $300 million on PrescribeIT through multiple layers and maybe even paid an offshore developer. That CEO won’t say his own salary. Canadians got nothing from PrescribeIT. But somebody got rich from our $300 million.”

“I want taxpayers to notice this program spent a lot of money and it failed. The Liberals hoped you wouldn't notice. We need to know where that money went.”