Citizen on Nostr: Meanwhile in Canada's most corrupt province, Quebec... $1.1 BILLION dollars later... ...
Meanwhile in Canada's most corrupt province, Quebec...
$1.1 BILLION dollars later...
"The province's move to a digital vehicle-registration system saw a calamitous launch February 2023—two years on, online services still don’t work.
What happens when a provincially-owned corporation is allowed to spend billions of public dollars with virtually no oversight—all while going out of its way to conceal a litany of errors, cost overruns, and seemingly illegal practices to avoid having to reveal its financial reality? You get the latest scandal involving the Quebec auto-insurance bureau (the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec, or SAAQ), an entity that has spent the last several years trying, and failing, to launch an online portal to serve citizens."
https://driving.ca/auto-news/local-content/quebec-saaqclic-license-bureau-disaster-billion-cost-saaq
$1.1 BILLION dollars later...
"The province's move to a digital vehicle-registration system saw a calamitous launch February 2023—two years on, online services still don’t work.
What happens when a provincially-owned corporation is allowed to spend billions of public dollars with virtually no oversight—all while going out of its way to conceal a litany of errors, cost overruns, and seemingly illegal practices to avoid having to reveal its financial reality? You get the latest scandal involving the Quebec auto-insurance bureau (the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec, or SAAQ), an entity that has spent the last several years trying, and failing, to launch an online portal to serve citizens."
https://driving.ca/auto-news/local-content/quebec-saaqclic-license-bureau-disaster-billion-cost-saaq