SAAQclic fiasco: Gallant commission extended until mid-December
Commissioner Denis Gallant of the Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Modernization of the Société de l'assurance automobile (SAAQ) IT Systems is awaiting the start of the public inquiry into the failures of the SAAQclic platform in Montreal on Thursday, April 24 2025. A public inquiry into the SAAQ's costly digital transformation has revealed that it could cost the province nearly half a billion dollars more than originally anticipated. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press)
The Quebec government announced Thursday that it agreed to extend the Gallant commission investigating the SAAQclic fiasco until Dec. 15, 2025.
Commissioner Denis Gallant was originally supposed to submit his final report into the auto insurance board by Sept. 30.
He will need more time to complete his mandate; testimony has been ongoing for six weeks, but is far from complete.
The commission has heard from several former members of the board of directors of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), former internal auditors and a former vice-president of finance.
It has not yet heard from the chief executive officers, the project manager who was at the heart of the digital transformation, Karl Malenfant, or Coalition Avenir Québec ministers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French June 12, 2025.
By Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press
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