Canada spent $5.1 BILLION fixing a broken payroll system (Phoenix). Now we're about to spend $4.2 BILLION+ replacing it with Dayforce.

I went through every lobbying record, every communication report, and every revolving-door hire to identify potential conflicts of interest.

Here's what I found.

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First, the basics.

In 2016, the Government of Canada launched Phoenix a new pay system for 431,000 federal employees. It was built by IBM. It was a disaster. People didn't get paid. People got overpaid. Some got nothing for months.

Ten years later, Phoenix has cost taxpayers $5.1B in fixes alone.