Quebec Liberals to call for Bonnardel resignation over SAAQclic fiasco – Montreal [Video]

The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) will table a motion at the National Assembly calling for the resignation of Minister François Bonnardel, who was allegedly made aware of cost overruns in the SAAQclic project as early as 2021.

French language newspaper Le Devoir revealed Wednesday that Bonnardel, who was Minister of Transport from 2018 to 2022, received information in September 2021 about the cost overruns in the design of the new digital platform for the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec’s (SAAQ).

However, on February 20, he said that he had been “misled” about SAAQclic. According to PLQ parliamentary leader Monsef Derraji, Bonnardel has “lost his credibility in this fiasco by not acting since 2021.”

“He must resign,” he wrote on X, announcing at the same time that his party would table a motion at the National Assembly to demand Bonnardel’s resignation.

At a press briefing on Wednesday, Québec solidaire MNA Vincent Marissal said the SAAQclic scandal …