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Normally, the word “phoenix” conjures up an image of a proud bird from Egyptian mythology which at the end of its life bursts into flames before giving way to the next generation. Or, if you are much younger or not into 2,000-year-old stories, you may think of the second Harry Potter film. Tomato, tomahto.
If you are Canadian, however, you are more likely to conjure up the Phoenix pay fiasco which has been bedeviling the government for over a decade. Apparently the decision to bring in this software, developed by a private firm with the promise to save the government millions, actually produced outstanding pay issues totalling $520 million, affecting 150,000 public servants, in the first year and a half of its deployment alone....