Why Minister Caplan Got Booted For Someone Else's Mistake

For months now one of the biggest issues floating around the halls of the legislature is the mess at E-Health Ontario. Opposition members are quick to blame Premier McGuinty and his now former Minister of Health David Caplan. Before jumping to the popular conclusion that its a crooked Liberal attempt to swindle Ontario tax dollars, lets look at the facts.

Firstly, E-Health was started up by the previous, CONSERVATIVE government. Many people do not realize this! In addition, no one single politician at Queens Park is to blame. Instead I would suggest the blame be put on both the Conservative and Liberal representatives. Furthermore, the one person who got the most heat for the whole fiasco MPP, David Caplan, is actually the one who is least responsible for the problem. Yes, he was Minister of Health when the E-Health fiasco became public, but he cooperated with the investigation and did all that he could to fix the situation.

Previous Health Minister George Smitherman was the Minister of Health for more time than David Caplan and was responsible for E-Health for that time. MPP George Smitherman received barely any bad publicity over this.

I would also like to make it very clear that in no way, shape or form did any member of the Ontario Liberal Party or Representative at Queens Park profit from the E-Health mishap.

We sometimes forget that politicians are people too. They are human and humans make mistakes. I believe that people should be measured by their achievements not by their mistakes. So in my books, Dalton McGuinty, keep up the good work. And let's get E-Health back on track.