Manitoba Public Insurance is cutting its losses and killing Project Nova, the IT overhaul project that has bled money since it was first launched in 2019, and the province has requested an audit of "the decisions and management" around it.
"It is clear that Nova has experienced significant missteps, and I would be even so bold to say failures," MPI president and CEO Satvir Jatana said at a Thursday news conference.
"It has not delivered the value for money that was originally planned and promised, and we did not make this decision lightly. However, staying on this path would not be responsible nor in the best interest of Manitobans."
Project Nova was supposed to replace MPI's outdated technology with a new modern platform to provide insurance and driver licensing services and more onl