Foote has to fix major problems at Shared Services Canada
No wonder morale at Shared Services Canada is in the toilet. In his audit released on Feb. 2, Auditor General Michael Ferguson found that Shared Services Canada, which has an annual budget of more than $1.4-billion and more than 6,100 employees, is running late on implementing its major projects, lacks a clear understanding of what […]
Government to repeal controversial sick leave measures
The Liberal government will repeal the controversial sick leave and disability measures snuck into the previous government’s final budget implementation bill, Bill C-59. The government gave notice of the bill, “An Act to repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1,” today and Treasury Board President Scott Brison […]
Morale ‘very poor’ at Shared Services Canada, say sources
Morale at the Department of Shared Services Canada is “very, very poor right now,” as its consolidation of the entire government’s IT systems continues to be plagued with problems and delays, sources say. Shared Services Canada employs 6,100. One source within the operations section of the Shares Services Canada department, who talked to The Hill […]
Nicholson to oversee major defence cuts, define post-Afghanistan priorities
Rob Nicholson has taken on the Defence file at a pivotal time that will require overseeing major cuts to planned military spending, and redefining Canada’s defence priorities after more than a decade of war and a glaring series of bungled procurements at National Defence. Mr. Nicholson (Niagara Falls, Ont.) took on the Defence portfolio in […]
