US EditionSAAQclic Scandal: Éric Ducharme Testifies; Police to Have Easier Time Obtaining Documents
Éric Ducharme testified on the SAAQclic project, revealing contract costs exceeding $500 million with major delays and ongoing operational issues, prompting a public inquiry.
- Eric Ducharme testified on Thursday before the Gallant Commission about the SAAQclic platform and cost overruns at the auto insurance board.
- The introduction of the new online platform in early 2023 experienced significant setbacks, causing extensive delays, long queues at SAAQ offices, and costs that far exceeded initial projections.
- The auto board confirmed that three directors—Richard Gagnon, Louise Turgeon, and Stéphanie Desforges—left between July 9 and August 8 amid this transition period.
- Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault stated that the board will modify its cooperation procedures to expedite police access to seized documents related to a probe of substantial cost overruns totaling several hundred million dollars.
- These events highlight serious governance and financial challenges at the auto board, prompting a public inquiry and demands from Premier François Legault for full transparency.
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Auto board scandal: Quebec says police will have easier time obtaining documents
QUÉBEC — Quebec's auto insurance board is going to make it easier for police to obtain documents in their investigation into hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns at the state-owned corporation, Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault said
SAAQclic scandal: Éric Ducharme testifies; police to have easier time obtaining documents
A former CEO of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), Éric Ducharme, was not alarmed in 2020 by the difficulties encountered by SAAQclic when he was a senior official at the Treasury Board. Ducharme began his testimony Thursday before the Gallant Commission, which is examining the SAAQ’s failed digital shift. Before taking the […]
A former CEO of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), Éric Ducharme, was not alarmed in 2020 by the difficulties encountered by the development of the SAAQclick project when he was a senior official of the Conseil du trésor.
The former CEO of SAAQ, who was dismissed last July, is testifying before the Gallant Commission on Thursday to shed light on the SAAQlic fiasco.
Read our live coverage of the testimony of the ex-DGP of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec Éric Ducharme to the Gallant Commission.
The former CEO of SAAQ Éric Ducharme will testify on Thursday at the Gallant Commission's public hearings.
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