It’s time to walk away from Shared Services Canada

SSC’s dysfunction has become, for the programs and operations of many, perhaps even most, client departments, more disruptive than any hacker attack they have yet experienced. Billed in part as an efficiency measure and in part as a cybersecurity enhancement measure, Shared Services Canada has proven to be neither.

Public Services Minister Judy Foote, pictured in this file photo, is the minister responsible for Shared Services Canada which is floundering and unable to both transform and operate with a reduced budget, writes Wayne R. Smith. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY WAYNE R. SMITH

January 9, 2017

With the 2017 budget approaching, the government is likely facing a decision with respect to Shared Services Canada: retreat or plunge forward with additional infusions of taxpayer dollars. It will not be—it should not be—an easy decision, given the long list of expensive government promises awa...

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