Health Committee on May 5th, 2026

[Helena Konanz, Conservative, Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC]

I support what my colleague just said. It really is respecting her timelines, but she needs to be available for this committee, and that should be before we stop sitting for the summer. I and, I think, all Canadians would appreciate her coming to this committee and explaining what happened with PrescribeIT.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Mr. Gill, do you wish to speak?

[Harb Gill, Conservative, Windsor West, ON]

Chair, we are here to shine a light on what happened. We're talking about $300 million. This is not chump change. This is where hard-working people, without question, paid their taxes. They deserve answers, and the least the minister can do is to find some time to get here and answer those questions. This is not an unreasonable request.

To put it off indefinitely, by more than a month or two, is absolutely unacceptable. This is not what the Canadian people expect or, more importantly, deserve. There has to be a time frame set out to say when she can come in and what we need from her.

Two months is more than enough, especially after what we've heard today. I would humbly pray to you and to the colleagues on the other side to please find a way in your hearts to go tell the Minister of Health to come back and testify here, along with officials from the treasury secretariat.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

The motion is out of order, but I let it go.

Let's take a vote and get the amendment out of the way.

[Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, Bloc, Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC]

I have a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Section 12.12 says that an amendment is out of order procedurally if it originates with the mover of the main motion.

[Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, Bloc, Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC]

I have a point of order.

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

I move that motion. Would that put it back in order? Okay, so I move it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Thank you. Is there any more debate?

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

It's back to....

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Shall we suspend?

[Some hon. members]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Okay. Should we let the witnesses go?

We are already past time, so I will release the witnesses. Thank you very much, on behalf of the committee, for your participation.

The meeting is suspended.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

I call the meeting back to order. Is there is any debate on the amendment?

If not, we'll—

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

Just for clarification, what is the amendment?

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

It's the amendment that you proposed.

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

Just to bring the audience back up to speed here, this is actually to remove...so that there are no timelines on the minister for coming to committee.

If you could, read what the amendment is actually doing. Is it basically no timeline?

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

It's no timeline.

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

It's just to get the minister in here with no timeline.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

Is everybody clear?

[An hon. member]

No, I thought Maxime Blanchette-Joncas introduced—

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

He introduced an amendment.

[The Chair, Liberal, Sukh Dhaliwal]

He cannot bring in the amendment because that amendment is out of order. He is the mover of the main motion, so he cannot bring in the amendment.

[Dan Mazier, Conservative, Riding Mountain, MB]

Here's the amendment. I'll read it. It's that, given the committee believes in transparency and accountability for Canadian taxpayers, the committee summon Michael Green, former president and CEO of Canada Health Infoway, to testify on PrescribeIT within three weeks of adoption of the motion.

[An hon. member]

No, that's not what we're talking about.