Shared Services likely to become ‘money pit,’ says Canada’s former chief statistician who quit two weeks ago

Wayne Smith, who resigned from Statistics Canada this month, says Shared Services' impediment on Statistics Canada’s mandate is being wrongly dismissed by top bureaucrats who have convinced the current government to push ahead.

Wayne Smith pictured after addressing employees on Friday, Sept. 16, the day he stepped-down as the chief statistician at Statistics Canada. He said he didn’t know how many people would turn out, and was surprised, but ‘heartened’ by the crowd. Photograph by Tony Caldwell, Ottawa Citizen

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

September 26, 2016

Canada's former chief statistician, who publicly quit his job two weeks ago on principle to the cheers of hundreds of Statistics Canada employees, says Shared Services Canada is doomed to fail. “There’s a really good chance Shared Services Canada will turn into a money pit,” Mr. Smith told

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