The commission of inquiry into the SAAQ’s IT project fiasco has suspended public hearings until next Monday to process a large influx of new information following the lifting of professional secrecy by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).

Simon Tremblay, the inquiry’s chief prosecutor, told reporters Tuesday afternoon that the decision came after the commission received “a new mass of information.”

Teams at the Gallant Commission have begun reviewing the complete email inboxes of key witnesses.

The SAAQ waived its lawyer-client privilege at the end of August in connection with the CASA IT project investigation.

Trial work is now required to distinguish newly received material from documents the commission already holds, Tremblay said.

“We are left with an immeasurab

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