Nearly half of Canadians who know about Phoenix snafu say it’s hurt their image of Liberals: poll

More than half the respondents were aware of the issue, and 44 per cent of them said it changed their opinion of the Trudeau government for the worse, though the same number said their opinion of the government was not affected by Phoenix.

In response to a new poll suggesting the Liberal government's popularity has taken a hit from the Phoenix payroll disaster, Steven MacKinnon, parliamentary secretary to the minister of Public Services and Procurement, said the government is working to fix the system.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 21, 2017

A new Forum Research poll suggests Canadians are familiar with the problems plaguing the Phoenix pay system and, among th...

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