Red Chamber assigns help for Senators, staff navigating ‘horrendous’ health-plan transfer

CSG Senator Jim Quinn says the fact that the administration has had to assign staff to work on the issue is ‘almost reprehensible.’

Treasury Board President Anita Anand speaks with reporters in the West Block on Oct. 25, alongside her press secretary, Ezechial Nana. Anand and her department are under scrutiny for the problem-ridden transfer of the public service health-care plan to Canada Life. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

November 1, 2023

Amid a “difficult” transition to Canada Life as the new administrator of the public service health-care plan that some are comparing to the Phoenix pay system fiasco, the Senate administration has assigned two point-people to help Senators and their staff navigate issues...

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