Protests were held in nine Quebec municipalities on Saturday to denounce the failures the Phoenix payroll system, which has been plagued with problems since last year. Since the Phoenix system was launched in February 2016, tens of thousands of public servants have been underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all. PSAC-Quebec Executive Vice-President Magali Picard said they protested to send "an unequivocal message to the government that it is definitely time to fix the Phoenix pay system." Picard said the government's done very little to fix the problem and wonders why it hasn't switched to a different pay system by now. "Members of the RCMP and members of the House of Commons have another pay system that is going very well," she said.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2017 00:22 UTC