Mr. Speaker, the Quebec National Assembly unanimously adopted a motion pointing out that the cost of the Phoenix software skyrocketed from an initial budget of $309 million to a total cost of $5.5 billion. It also noted that the cost of ArriveCAN went from $80,000 to $60 million and that now, Cúram has already exceeded its initial budget of $1.75 billion to reach $6.6 billion. Meanwhile, the Liberals are still denying that there are any cost overruns for Cúram, even though the Auditor General herself reported four in 2025.
What we are asking and what Quebec is asking is this: When will the government call an independent public inquiry?
