US EditionWatchdog rebukes Quebec auto insurance board after $500M online platform scandal
The Autorité des marchés publics found the SAAQ gave SAP Canada an unfair advantage and split contracts to avoid oversight, with costs expected to reach $1.1 billion, the auditor general said.
- The AMP's 51-page report released Tuesday concluded the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec undermined fair competition and failed to ensure a transparent bidding process in the SAAQclic digital project.
- The AMP's investigation found the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec requested a $45.7 million, 9.97 per cent increase to avoid exceeding the 10% public-alert threshold, and split work into multiple contracts while allowing SAP Canada to help define needs before bidding.
- A public inquiry last fall heard how the 2023 rollout caused long delays for Quebecers, while Quebec's auditor general estimated costs will reach at least $1.1 billion.
- Quebec Transport Minister Jonatan Julien met with SAAQ senior management Tuesday, said he takes the report seriously, ensured full cooperation, and the SAAQ head pledged to follow AMP recommendations.
- The development is another blow to a scandal‑plagued auto insurance board, heightening political scrutiny after the inquiry heard from the premier and government ministers.
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Watchdog rebukes Quebec auto insurance board after $500M online platform scandal
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s scandal-plagued auto insurance board has been hit with another blow, this time from an independent government agency that oversees the province’s public procurement markets. The Autorité des marchés publics says the auto board — Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec — failed to manage public funds responsibly in its development of the […]
The Autorité des propriétés publics (AMP) punishes the management of the SAAQclick project: the watchdog has detected irregularities, poor planning and techniques of "splitting". In the future, the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) will have to report to it every six months.
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Le Journal de QuebecIrregularities, contract splitting and lack of transparency
Another tile sabat on the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ): the Autorité des marchés publics (AMP) accuses him of several shortcomings in connection with his management of the SAAQclick project which "go against a responsible management of public funds, in addition to harming the prin
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