‘Don’t forgive them and don’t forget,’ PSAC leader says Phoenix could be 2019 election issue

Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon downplays the role Phoenix could play in the next election, but says it’s a common concern among constituents.

MPs such Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, who represents Ottawa-area riding, might have to answer for the Phoenix fiasco during the 2019 election campaign, says PSAC president Robyn Benson.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

May 1, 2017

The head of the biggest federal public service union in the country says the Phoenix pay system problems, which haven’t gone away yet, could end up being an election issue in 2019, particularly for Liberals in the National Capital Region, where many public servants reside. “It would not surpris...

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