Watchdog Rebukes Quebec Auto Insurance Board After $500M Online Platform Scandal

Watchdog Rebukes Quebec Auto Insurance Board After $500M Online Platform Scandal
Signage for Quebec's auto insurance board is photographed in Montreal on Oct. 2, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
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Quebec’s scandal-plagued auto insurance board has been hit with another blow, this time from an independent government agency that oversees the province’s public procurement markets.

The Autorité des marchés publics says the auto board—Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec—failed to manage public funds responsibly in its development of the online platform known as SAAQclic.