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Only half a billion over? Loose change... 
Legault was the latest member of the government to take the stand at a public inquiry examining how the SAAQclic online platform, where Quebecers can renew driver’s licences and register for road tests, cost at least $500 million more than planned.
The scandal has upended his government a little more than one year ahead of the provincial election, offering a steady stream of embarrassing headlines and political fodder for the opposition, who have accused Legault and his cabinet of misleading Quebecers.
On Tuesday, the premier said he knew nothing about the cost overruns until February, when the auditor general released a report revealing the total price tag of the platform would be more than $1.1 billion. He said he should have been told about the cost overruns sooner.
“I don’t find it normal that I learned so late that there’s an overrun of $500 million, that’s not nothing,” he told the commission presided by Judge Denis Gallant.
www.ctvnews.ca
Legault tells auto board scandal inquiry he only learned of cost overruns in February
Legault was the latest member of the government to take the stand at a public inquiry examining how the SAAQclic online platform, where Quebecers can renew driver’s licences and register for road tests, cost at least $500 million more than planned.
The scandal has upended his government a little more than one year ahead of the provincial election, offering a steady stream of embarrassing headlines and political fodder for the opposition, who have accused Legault and his cabinet of misleading Quebecers.
On Tuesday, the premier said he knew nothing about the cost overruns until February, when the auditor general released a report revealing the total price tag of the platform would be more than $1.1 billion. He said he should have been told about the cost overruns sooner.
“I don’t find it normal that I learned so late that there’s an overrun of $500 million, that’s not nothing,” he told the commission presided by Judge Denis Gallant.
Legault tells auto board scandal inquiry he only learned of cost overruns in February
All eyes will be on Quebec Premier François Legault on Tuesday as he testifies in the public inquiry into the SAAQclic fiasco.
www.ctvnews.ca
