🇨🇦 Canada · 2018 · 🏗️ Megaprojects
Software meant to save money paying public servants. It didn’t go as planned.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$2.2 billion projected extra cost to 2023
It was named after a bird that bursts into flames. Nobody checked the brief.
What actually happened
Phoenix was meant to save about $70 million a year. A 2018 Senate finance committee report projected about $2.2 billion in extra costs through 2023 to stabilize and run it, while many employees were overpaid, underpaid or not paid.
Source: The Globe and Mail ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.