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Quebec government reassigns head of auto insurance board amid scandal
QUEBEC, JUL 9 – Éric Ducharme was dismissed after ongoing crises and declining confidence from Premier Legault and Minister Guilbault, following the troubled SAAQclic platform rollout, officials said.
- The Quebec government fired Éric Ducharme, president and CEO of SAAQ, in mid-2025 amid ongoing public inquiry and scandal.
- Ducharme was brought in during April 2023 to address the turmoil following the troubled launch of the SAAQclic platform, which resulted in a financial shortfall exceeding $500 million.
- In June 2025, Quebec’s anticorruption unit raided the SAAQ headquarters amid auditors’ reports of ongoing contract mismanagement and internal reluctance to cooperate with audits under Ducharme’s leadership.
- Ducharme lacked interest in internal audits, and an auditor said he seemed to say, “I don’t want your work,” while Premier Legault withheld public support pending the inquiry report.
- Annie Lafond, vice-president of policyholder services, is expected to replace Ducharme as CEO to oversee stabilization efforts at the troubled auto board.
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Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault thanked Eric Ducharme for appointing a new CEO "conscious that the SAAQ is in crisis".
Quebec Government Reassigns Head of Auto Insurance Board Amid Scandal
The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province’s auto insurance board. Éric Ducharme’s dismissal from the top job was confirmed by a government source who was not authorized to speak publicly. Ducharme was appointed to the position in April 2023 to restore order at the auto board, which has been in crisis since the disastrous rollout of its new online platform. He is being dismissed in the middle of a public inquiry a…
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