Eight years after Phoenix launch, unions demand ‘ongoing damages’ for affected employees as new system still in development

Since 2018, $154-million has gone to contractors to develop an alternative pay system, in addition to the billions of dollars spent on Phoenix fixes.

Yvon Barrière, regional executive vice-president for Quebec, Public Service Alliance of Canada; left, Chris Aylward, national president of PSAC; Jennifer Carr, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada; and Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA, MIKE LAPOINTE

March 4, 2024

On the eighth anniversary of the launch of the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system, Canada’s largest federal public service unions have come together to formally demand that the government begin negotiating additional damages for workers impacted by what Public Service Alli...

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