Dan Mazier
- Career
- President of Keystone Agricultural Producers
- Political Experience
- Elected to House of Commons in 2019
- Notable
- Deputy Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change; Introduced Bill C-299 (An Act to Amend the Telecommunications Act)
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Business & Financial Interests
Dan Mazier has a background in both agriculture and telecommunications. Before being elected to Parliament, he owned and operated a grain farm in Justice, Manitoba. He was also heavily involved in agricultural advocacy, serving as the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers, which is Manitoba's largest general farm lobby organization. He also served as a vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. In addition to farming, Mazier reportedly founded and operated a telecommunications company focused on providing high-speed internet services to rural communities in western Manitoba. This experience has informed his work in Parliament, where he has focused on issues related to rural connectivity.
Public Controversies
Dan Mazier sponsored a private member's bill, Bill C-288, which proposed changes to the Telecommunications Act. The bill faced criticism from digital rights organizations and academics who argued that its provisions could weaken net neutrality in Canada. Opponents suggested the bill could allow internet service providers to block or slow down access to websites accused of copyright infringement without sufficient oversight. Mazier and his supporters defended the bill as a necessary tool to protect Canadian creators from online piracy.
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Mr. Speaker, the bill is about how much money the Liberals have actually wasted here. The PrescribeIT program is a blinding example, and it is absolutely a waste of $300 million. Canada Health Infoway is a so-called non-profit organization funded by the federal Minister of Health. For nearly a decade, the Liberals poured money into a program called “PrescribeIT”. They promised PrescribeIT would
Mr. Speaker, I am sort of confused, because yesterday at the health committee, the board chair of Health Infoway actually said that the program was a success, yet the Liberal government has been shutting it down. However, it still managed to spend $300 million and was still sending fax messages after 10 years. parliamentary secretary for health I will go back to my original question: Why did
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals gave Canada Health Infoway $300 million for PrescribeIT, a program that they promised would replace fax machines for prescription drugs. Instead, less than 5% of the prescriptions went through the program, and PrescribeIT is now being quietly shut down with no results. Canadians still do not know where their money went. Yesterday at the health committee, the chair of
Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to be at the late show to follow up on some questions that need to be answered. parliamentary secretary for health Last week, Conservatives called an emergency meeting of the health committee to investigate the $300 million the Liberals wasted on PrescribeIT. When we moved a motion to call on the Auditor General to investigate the program, the Liberalmoved a
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal member did not answer my question, so I will ask it again. parliamentary secretary for health Does thebelieve it is fair that rejected asylum claimants receive better taxpayer-funded health benefits than those Canadians who are paying for them, yes or no?
Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to do the late show. I want to begin with a brief comment, given that we are discussing the work of the health committee. We just received word that the CEO and president of Canada Health Infoway, Michael Green, has been fired by the Infoway board. As Canadians are finding out, Canada Health Infoway is a taxpayer-funded organization the Liberals funnelled $300
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