Karoline Boucher The Canadian Press For several days now, the Legault government has been in the hot seat, the digital shift at the SAAQ having experienced many failures, but Éric Caire in particular is singled out.
The Official Opposition fell head over heels on Wednesday against the Minister responsible for Digital, Éric Caire, “who looks like the Minister not at all responsible for Digital”.
The Liberal MP André Fortin accused him of not taking responsibility for the migration of services from the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to the SAAQclic platform.
“The minister … brought out his entire apology book for us. He told us […] he is not the head of digital transformation at the SAAQ. […] So can he tell us what he is responsible for? »
For several days now, the Legault government has been in the hot seat, the digital shift at the SAAQ having experienced many failures, but Éric Caire in particular has been singled out.
“I still don't understand what Eric Caire is doing in the government. Digital Manager, what does he do? Interim Liberal Leader Marc Tanguay said at a press briefing.
According to him, Mr. Caire should have anticipated the problems and made sure to ask the right questions, especially since he had met the SAAQ team last November to talk about SAAQclic.
“What advice did he give? asked MP Haroun Bouazzi, from Québec solidaire, in the House.
Without answering the question, Mr. Caire defended himself by saying that his role was ultimately restricted by law. He emphasized the need for him to uphold “industry standards”.
In any case, the SAAQ had told him that all “the indicators were green”. The day before, Prime Minister François Legault had exonerated his minister to blame the SAAQ.
“Basically, the concept of ministerial responsibility, at the Coalition avenir Québec, comes down to saying that c It's the fault of others,” Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon protested on Wednesday.
Legault takes some of the blame
Getting up in the Blue Room, Mr. Legault replied to Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon: “Yes, I take my share of the responsibility for the poor planning of the SAAQ”.
“In the coming weeks, I will act accordingly,” he added. On Tuesday, he said he would “assess” the work of the SAAQ's president and CEO and board of directors.
