With no end in sight, it’s time for a national inquiry into the Phoenix pay fiasco

We may never see the true scope and impact of this unmitigated disaster on workers and taxpayers unless a national public inquiry is launched.

Hundreds of public servants represented by a number of unions gather outside the Prime Minister's Office on Oct. 12, 2017, to show their unhappiness with the government's handling of the Phoenix payroll system issues. There’s no end in sight for federal workers, with the government still many years away from launching their next pay system, writes Chris Aylward. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHRIS AYLWARD

February 28, 2022

The average Canadian could be forgiven if Feb. 28 doesn’t hold any special meaning. But for hundreds of thousands of federal public service workers and retirees, the date marks the sixth anniversary of the Phoenix pay system disaster. More than 300,000 workers—Canada’s largest workforce by fa...

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