Senate report on Phoenix ‘failure’ calls for strong public oversight of feds’ spending, future payroll plans

The Senate's report is the latest study in recent months to highlight the failure of the Phoenix pay system, which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of backlogged pay files for public servants.

Senate National Finance Committee chair and Conservative Senator Percy Mockler, centre, with Independent Senator André Pratte, right, and Liberal Senator Mobina Jaffer, left, at a press conference on July 31. The Senators called for strong oversight on government moves related to stabilizing and moving from Phoenix.The Hill Times photograph by Jolson Lim

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BY JOLSON LIM

July 31, 2018

The Senate Finance Committee is calling for Parliament to have a keen eye on what the federal government is doing to stabilize the “failed” Phoenix pay system and how it will move away from the platform going ahead. Publishe...

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