He again faced a barrage of criticism over the failed digital transformation at SAAQ.
Despite everything, according to the minister, in November there were no indications of the coming crisis. The lights are green, the budget is met, the deadlines are met, the project scope is met, the tests are done, the analyzes are done.
In what name would we have prevented the implementation of this project, Madam President? he asked. In the end, the deployment was disastrous, but the SAAQclic application works well, he added.
However, Minister Cairo had to admit that it was a fiasco.
“Could we have prepared better? Could we have communicated better? Could the citizens have been better informed? The answer to that is yes. »
— A quote from Éric Caire, Minister responsible for Digital
The execution was a fiasco. What we are saying with my colleague, the Deputy Prime Minister, is that we will solve the problem and then do the autopsy of this fiasco, he added.
Geneviève Guilbault says she has taken her share of the responsibility
The opposition has been criticizing the Legault government for a few days for not taking responsibility for the failure of the SAAQ and instead pointing the finger at the directors of the state-owned company.
Prime Minister François Legault said on Tuesday he would “evaluate” the work of SAAQ’s President and CEO and Board of Directors in the coming weeks.
On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault recalled that she had broken off her mission to Europe to come and deal with the crisis in the SAAQ herself.
If there is anyone who has taken his share of the responsibility in this situation, then it is me, she shyly specified: as have all my colleagues in the government, by the way.