Mr. Speaker, before I ask my question, I want to wish my good friend Dr. Sandeep Sharma, one of the top plastic surgeons in India and past president of the Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, a happy birthday in advance.
We have seen this movie before. PrescribeIT was supposed to modernize prescription management, but the service ultimately had to shut down. The Minister of Health has consistently and steadfastly avoided questions on PrescribeIT.
Would my colleague agree that before the government embarks on another ambitious digital health initiative, Canadians deserve to know what went wrong, what the cost of that boondoggle was and why the legislation would work this time around?