"From Inbreeding" in Contractual Links for the Digital Shift of the SAAQ

In front of the Gallant commission, an internal auditor lifted the veil on the granting of apparently problematic contracts.

MONTREAL — An internal auditor had raised concerns about contractual links perceived as "inbreeding," in addition to warning in 2020 that costs could exceed $900 million, as part of the modernization of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ). Auditor Martin Lapierre continued, Friday morning, his testimony to the Gallant commission, which investigates the failures of the digital shift of the state company, including the SAAQclic …