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Apparently not everyone got the memo...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/federal-phoenix-pay-sy...

The Phoenix contract predates the more recent efforts to switch to FOSS.

But also, Canada loves to burn money on American suppliers. It's probably why the recent interest in _Buy Canadian_ has the American administration annoyed.

Phoenix was a literal trap laid by the Conservative government just before leaving knowing it would be a shit show for the Liberals in the coming years.

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