E-Health Report Released

Ontario's auditor general is linking the awarding of millions of dollars in untendered contracts by the agency tasked with creating electronic health records to Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Jim McCarter says the board of directors at eHealth Ontario felt it had little power over CEO Sarah Kramer because she had been hired by chairman Alan Hudson ``with the support of the premier.''

The auditor general's scathing report into the $1 billion Ontario has spent so far trying to create electronic health records says Kramer felt she had approval to ignore normal procurement procedures.

McCarter says allegations of favouritism in awarding of untendered consulting contracts were "largely true,'' and when they were tendered, favourite firms were allowed to bid twice to win.

Health Minister David Caplan resigned Tuesday in advance of today's report by the auditor.