Did bonuses fuel the Phoenix fire?

The question has been following Marie Lemay for years: Did the prospect of pay bonuses induce her public service executives to launch the Phoenix Pay system before it was ready?
The deputy minister for Public Services and Procurement Canada — the department in charge of federal public service’s hated and problem-plagued pay system — rejected the notion late in 2016, noting, “There was no speed target for executives to implement Phoenix so they could get their bonus.&