Evidence of meeting #29 for Health in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was infoway.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Helena Konanz Conservative Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
Chair, do you mind reminding Mr. Green of his obligations?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Mr. Green, if it's in the public domain, you should just give your salary, please. It's being asked of you.
Thank you.
Conservative
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
I'm afraid I don't have that information at hand.
Conservative
Helena Konanz Conservative Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
Mr. Green, you know how much you make. You need to tell this committee how much you make. You need to tell Canadians.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
We can certainly provide—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I am sorry. We are now at one minute and 26 seconds over time. Guys, please stick to your time. Come on, one minute and 26 seconds.... Thank you.
Mr. Green, can you disclose your salary now?
Conservative
Helena Konanz Conservative Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
No, you need to tell Canadians.
Conservative
Helena Konanz Conservative Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
You need to table that information, Mr. Green.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Send the information to the committee, please. Thank you.
I will now go to Mr. Blanchette-Joncas for two and a half minutes.
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC
Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Mr. Green, in November 2025, you concluded that the model was not viable. Yet you continued to invest with a view to a transition.
How much public money was committed following the board of directors' decision in November 2025?
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
Can you rephrase the question?
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC
Madam Chair, I'll have to start over. I think there are some issues with understanding or with interpretation.
Liberal
Maggie Chi Liberal Don Valley North, ON
I have a point of order, Chair.
I think the next spot is a Liberal spot.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I'm sorry. There are so many questions going back and forth that I am losing track of time because people keep asking their questions and demanding answers.
I'm going to ask people to ask a question, and if you don't get the answer, ask the person to send it to the committee, please. Otherwise, we're just going crazy.
I'm sorry I missed Mr. Eyolfson, but I will let Mr. Blanchette-Joncas finish.
You have one minute and 59 seconds left.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
It doesn't matter what order you're in, you're both going to get the same time due to you.
Continue your questioning, Mr. Blanchette-Joncas.
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC
I believe there are problems with the interpretation, as the witness asked me to repeat my question.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
Yes, I can. I missed a slight part of it, but I believe the question was how much had been spent on PrescribeIT since 2025.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
About a quarter of the annual running cost of the system would have been spent on that.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
I don't have the exact figure, but it would have been below $10 million.
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC
That's not very reassuring.
I imagine there were assessments before you made the decision to discontinue the program and then transition to something else.
Isn't that right?