Quebec’s former top public servant has denied being informed in September 2022 that the online platform for the auto insurance board was more than $200 million over budget.
Yves Ouellet, former secretary-general of the executive council, testified Wednesday at a public inquiry examining how the online portal known as SAAQclic incurred more than $500 million in cost overruns.
Ouellet’s role as secretary-general made him the province’s highest-ranking civil servant, reporting directly to Premier François Legault. The premier and other senior ministers have been summoned to the hearings in recent weeks to ask how much they knew about the troubled digital transformation project….