David Caplan stepped down earlier this week as Ontario Minister of Health; before the audit was publicized. But it should be pointed out that money was being mishandled well before Caplan got thrown under the bus. E-heath emerged in 2002, under George Smitherton as Ontario Minister of Health. Where is he now? He's Deputy Premier and running for Mayor of Toronto.... It seems as though Caplan stepped into this mess, and Smitherton should resign as well. Only if ministerial responsibility really existed... Apparently accountability only goes so far in Ontario legislature... Until then, what about McGuinty? - he should've known where and how money was being spent.
What about Sarah Kramer and Alan Hudson? Consultants - extraordinare who sat on the e-Health board, whose bank accounts are lined with hard-working tax-payer monies.
Will the blame game ever sort out who is truly at fault? It is important anymore? The money in contracts cannot be repaid. Sadly Ontario and its taxpayers must take on the burden of terrible management skills experienced at E-health and the Ontario Ministry of health. The future of e-Health has some serious scrutiny to work with. Let's hope my grandchildren are benefited with electronic health records...
Our premiere has definately dropped the ball on that one. How do you let that happen?! Obviously his supervision is needed! Also the amount of money that these "consultants" are getting paid is a ridiculous amount for the work that they do. Maybe before paying someone to do a job they should make sure if the job has been done right...
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that e-health was able to over 1 billion dollars of taxpayer money. I know the provincial government has a huge budget, and a lot of money comes in and out, but as a taxpayer it sounds pretty ridiculous that they just lost a 1 billion in e-health. I'd love to know how they managed to do that. Something needs to be done to make sure that doesn't happen again, frankly its poor management and its not acceptable for Ontarians.
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