🇨🇦 Canada · 2025 · 💻 Tech & systems
Renew your licence online, skip the line. The rollout created bigger lines. Name the bill.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$1.1 billion likely total cost
They digitized the lineup. It now stretches into 2027.
What actually happened
Quebec’s auditor general found in February 2025 that the auto insurance board’s digital overhaul, originally budgeted at $638 million, was at least $500 million over budget, with a likely total above $1.1 billion. A public inquiry followed.
Source: CBC News ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.