By Chris Aylward, National President, Public Service Alliance of Canada
For hundreds of thousands of federal public service workers and retirees, February 28th marks the seventh anniversary of the Phoenix pay system disaster. They certainly have no reason to celebrate.
Every paycheque is a fresh reminder that this government is unable to pay its workers correctly or on time. In fact, since Phoenix was launched in 2016, there hasn’t been a single pay period without significant errors. Not one.