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Minutes of Proceedings

45th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 44
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Kelly McCauley, Chair (Conservative)

• Hon. Darren Fisher for Danielle Martin (Liberal)
• Harb Gill for Tamara Jansen (Conservative)
• Harb Gill for Kelly Block (Conservative)
• Claude Guay for Vince Gasparro (Liberal)
• Jagsharan Singh Mahal for Tamara Jansen (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Olivier Leblanc-Laurendeau, Analyst
• Ryan van den Berg, Analyst
As an individual
• Noah Fry, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University
• Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
MRE Canada
• Andy Straisfeld, President
Wuxly Defence
• James Yurichuk, Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(c) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, April 23, 2026, the committee resumed its study of the Buy Canadian Policy.

Richard Shimooka and Noah Fry made statements and answered questions.

At 4:45 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 4:51 p.m., the meeting resumed.

James Yurichuk and Andy Straisfeld made statements and answered questions.

Motion

Kelly Block moved, — That, given Canada Health Infoway spent $300 million on PrescribeIT, which failed to meet its targets and was subsequently shut down, with no way to recoup the costs of the program, the committee invite to appear the current president and chief executive officer of Canada Health Infoway on the work of Canada Health Infoway and PrescribeIT, and the committee summon Michael Green, former president and chief executive officer of Canada Health Infoway, for two hours, and that no later than Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Debate arose thereon.

After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Kelly Block, Marie-Hélène Gaudreau, Harb Gill, Jeremy Patzer — 4;

NAYS: John-Paul Danko, Vince Gasparro, Giovanna Mingarelli, Pauline Rochefort, Jenna Sudds — 5.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 5:50 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the committee