February 13, 2025
Government backs off, won't transfer nearly 3,500 RCMP civilian members to plagued Phoenix pay system
Tens of thousands of public servants have been underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all by the system, and RCMP had resisted its implementation.
Tens of thousands of public servants have been underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all by the system, and RCMP had resisted its implementation.

OTTAWA — The federal government is backing off from transferring nearly 3,500 RCMP civilian members to the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system after weeks of intense pushback from employees and unions.

On Monday morning, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki sent out a memo to members announcing that the President of the Treasury Board has recommended to not go forward with the transfer, the National Post has learned.

“Staff have clearly expressed their concerns, so did unions, and the Government has heard them. Ultimately, there is no good reason to switch them to Phoenix against their will”, said a source with direct knowledge of the file who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss this matter publicly.

The announcement comes a few months before May 21, when all RCMP civilian members were to be forcibly transferred from the force to the public service in a process called “deeming.”

The change was first meant to happen back in 2018, but then-President of the Treasure Board Scott Brison put it on hold until 2020 because of the significant issues plaguing Phoenix.

Essentially, civilian RCMP members’ jobs would not change, but they would fall under the same pay scale, pension and human resource policies as the rest of the public service. Thus, their payroll would automatically switch to Phoenix.

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