Demonstrators see ‘glimmer of hope’ after Liberals vow to replace pay system
OTTAWA — Civil service unions vowed Wednesday to hold the Trudeau government’s feet to the fire after the Liberals pledged in their latest budget to replace the troubled Phoenix pay system with a “next-generation” compensation system that works.
Federal employees rallied in at least a dozen cities across the country to mark the second anniversary of the disastrous launch of Phoenix.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced a federal budget that included plans to spend $16 million over two years exploring options for building a new pay system while eventually scrapping the IBM-built Phoenix program.
The system is clearly not delivering as it was supposed to, Morneau said Wednesday in a post-budget event at the Economic Club of Ottawa.