Only an Ontario PC Government Will Provide Families With Answers on the McGuinty eHealth Boondoogle

October 7, 2010

News

Today, Ontario PC Leader, Tim Hudak, committed that he will call an inquiry into the eHealth scandal if elected next October. To date, over $1 billion has been wasted and Ontario families deserve answers on where all the money went.

Dalton McGuinty refuses to investigate the billion dollar-and-climbing scandal where Liberal friends and staffers were handed lucrative untendered contracts. This includes 48 untendered contracts handed out in sweetheart deals because the Premier’s Management Board waived competitive bidding rules.

This week, the Ontario PC’s discovered that despite spending an additional $343 million last year alone, four major milestones were missed by eHealth and families are no closer to having electronic health records.

Quotes

“Dalton McGuinty won’t call an inquiry into the eHealth scandal because he knows it will uncover Liberal friends were awarded untendered contracts. Ontario families deserve answers.”

– Christine Elliott, Ontario PC Deputy Leader, MPP (Whitby-Oshawa)

“The Ontario PCs are leading by example and have already brought forward ideas to increase accountability in government, and the McGuinty Liberals continue to vote against them. We’ll deliver families greater accountability on how their hard-earned health care dollars are spent.”

– Christine Elliott, Ontario PC Deputy Leader, MPP (Whitby-Oshawa)

Quick Facts

Ontario families have paid $315 per household for electronic health records they still can’t access.
Philip Demont, former Senior Policy Advisor to George Smitherman, approved an un-tendered contract to the Liberal-friendly Courtyard Group for four months of work in the amount of $122,200.
Gail Paech awarded 20 contracts to the Courtyard Group worth $5.7 million. Earlier this week Paech endorsed former Liberal Health Minister George Smitherman in his bid to become Mayor of Toronto.
The Ontario PC Caucus uncovered documents which reveal that 48 un-tendered eHealth contracts were granted worth $9.5 million, including $5.2 million to the Courtyard Group.