The federal government is doing all it can to eliminate the remaining Phoenix backlogs, but those costs are mounting as the March 2025 deadline looms larger. In fact, Ottawa is expecting to spend another $963 million to deal with this ongoing debacle, which has plagued the public service since 2016. And when it comes to the final price tag for axing the entire system, we don’t even know what those numbers are going to look like. Andrew Pinsent digs deeper with Janice Mobbs, a retired accountant who previously did some contract work for the Canadian government. Her stint began in 2015, eventually ending in 2021.

<p>The federal government is doing all it can to eliminate the remaining Phoenix backlogs, but those costs are mounting as the March 2025 deadline looms larger. In fact, Ottawa is expecting to spend another $963 million to deal with this ongoing debacle, which has plagued the public service since 2016. And when it comes to the final price tag for axing the entire system, we don’t even know what those numbers are going to look like. Andrew Pinsent digs deeper with Janice Mobbs, a retired accountant who previously did some contract work for the Canadian government. Her stint began in 2015, eventually ending in 2021.</p>

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