Ministers Christian Dubé and Sonia LeBel testified Friday morning as part of the commission of inquiry into the SAAQclic fiasco.

Dubé, who was President of the Treasury Board from 2018 to 2020, gave a brief testimony before the Gallant Commission in Montreal. He was present at the beginning of the SAAQ IT modernization project, called CASA.

According to him, when he took office, the project was not on the government’s radar. The first time he heard “such significant cost overruns” was when the Auditor General of Quebec (AGQ) tabled its report last February.

The CASA project, which includes the SAAQclic platform, is expected to cost at least $1.1 billion, or $500 million more than expected, according to the auditor general’s report.

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