New hires starting to whittle down Phoenix Pay backlog

Is it possible the government is finally getting a handle on the Phoenix Pay system?
In light of the tortured history of this nine-year-long $1-billion project, it may be best not to read too much into the latest four-week pay period. But the portents are good.
Public Services and Procurement Canada, the department responsible for the government-wide pay system, reported Thursday it had reduced the core backlog by 25,000 between May 2 and May 30, leaving 347,000 transactions awaiting disposition