A third version of the details on the cost overruns for the SAAQclic project, whether or not they were given in September 2022 to Yves Ouellet, Premier François Legault’s right-hand man, appeared before the Gallant Commission on Friday, with testimony from Vice President of Legal Affairs Marie-Ève Beaulieu.

The former CEO of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec, Denis Marsolais, stated in his testimony last June that the $222 million cost overruns had been presented to Yves Ouellet, the secretary general of the government and the highest-ranking civil servant, at a meeting in September 2022.

Ouellet denied having been informed of these cost overruns at that meeting when questioned by the commission earlier this month. Legault has maintained from the outset that he learned of t

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