MONTREAL — Quebec’s auto insurance board announced Saturday it will lift its secrecy policies to comply with a police investigation regarding hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns.

This comes after it was revealed Thursday it had allegedly refused to hand over documents to Quebec’s anti-corruption police force on the grounds of attorney-client privilege, prompting harsh reaction from Premier François Legault.

In a statement, the auto board confirmed its board of directors met Saturday morning to ratify pausing the state-owned corporation’s strict rules on professional secrecy.

“We are all driven by a single goal: the search for the truth,” Dominique Savoie, chair of the board, said in the statement. "As soon as we were made aware of the issue of access to certain documents, b

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