A timeline of the Phoenix pay debacle: 29 years and counting

Phoenix, a timeline: How the federal government has spent nearly three decades struggling to deliver a new pay system for its 300,000 employees.
Prime minister Brian Mulroney’s government started assessing options for a modern pay system back in 1989.
June 1989: Conservative government of Brian Mulroney begins analyzing options for replacing legacy pay systems
Aug. 26, 1993: Accenture wins $45-million contract to automate much of the work handled by 750 pay and pension administration emplo