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CTV News
28-05-2025
- Automotive
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Opposition parties in National Assembly outraged by SAAQ idea
The Official Opposition in Quebec City is outraged that the Quebec auto insurance board (SAAQ) has considered dipping into the victims' compensation fund to pay off its deficits. This revelation was made on Tuesday by the SAAQ's former director of internal audit, Daniel Pelletier, when he testified before the Gallant commission investigating the failings of SAAQclic. On Wednesday, Liberal MNA Monsef Derraji tabled a motion in the Salon Rouge, pointing out that the fund intended for road accident victims should not be used 'pay off deficits resulting from the poor management of IT projects.' The motion was passed unanimously. Earlier, at a news scrum, Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault said that 'taking money away from road accident victims to pay for SAAQclic' was out of the question. 'How the money in this fund is used is prescribed by legislation. So we can't do whatever we want with that money,' she explained. 'The government can use the surpluses to reduce the cost of driving licences or to finance road safety activities.' In a news release distributed to journalists on Wednesday morning, the SAAQ confirmed that it was analyzing a scenario in which it would redirect sums to road safety. This 'review of the allocation of road safety prevention activities' would have 'no connection' with SAAQclic, and 'the fund (...) cannot be used to make up the SAAQ's deficit,' the government corporation acknowledged. Moreover, additional investment in road safety would not compromise the fund's 'sound financial health,' and therefore would not affect its 'ability to compensate road accident victims,' it added. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on May 28, 2025.
CTV News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Renovations at the SAAQ: PLQ denounces cost overruns of $17 million
Quebec Liberal Party Official Opposition House Leader Monsef Derraji reacts to SAAQ scandal during question period at the legislature in Quebec City, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Karoline Boucher / The Canadian Press) (Karoline Boucher/The Canadian Press)
