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Debating the "Poor Door", Another ICBC Mishap & Phoenix Pay System Costing Canadians Billions
Chapter 1:
Last night, a public hearing was held to debate the rezoning of several low rise apartment buildings in the city’s West End, to build one 30-storey tower with 82 condos and 39 units designated for social housing. Controversially, the condo tower will have separate entrances and lobbies for the social housing tenants. City staff claim the segregated entrances make sense from a financial and management standpoint. Are separate entrances for occupants based on your status discriminatory? We take your calls and are joined by Stephanie Allen, who is a not-for-profit real estate developer and Director of the Hogan’s Alley Society.
Chapter 2:
David Flick is about to get a new car. But it’s not a shopping trip he planned for. Two of Flick’s vehicles have been picked up by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) after they were driven through separate sulphuric acid spills on Highway 3 near Trail, B.C. To date, ICBC has received 343 claims related to people driving through the spill. Global News Online Journalist Richard Zussman is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 3:
Yesterday, a Senate Committee handed down its report into the debacle that is the Phoenix Pay System, saying the fiasco was largely the result of a culture of avoidance among bureaucrats. The federal government pay system was brought on two years ago in an effort to streamline the pay of public servants and save Canadians $70 million a year. Instead, it led to people being overpaid, paid late, or not even paid at all, and is on track to cost taxpayers more than $2 billion by the year 2023.
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By CuriouscastChapter 1:
Last night, a public hearing was held to debate the rezoning of several low rise apartment buildings in the city’s West End, to build one 30-storey tower with 82 condos and 39 units designated for social housing. Controversially, the condo tower will have separate entrances and lobbies for the social housing tenants. City staff claim the segregated entrances make sense from a financial and management standpoint. Are separate entrances for occupants based on your status discriminatory? We take your calls and are joined by Stephanie Allen, who is a not-for-profit real estate developer and Director of the Hogan’s Alley Society.
Chapter 2:
David Flick is about to get a new car. But it’s not a shopping trip he planned for. Two of Flick’s vehicles have been picked up by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) after they were driven through separate sulphuric acid spills on Highway 3 near Trail, B.C. To date, ICBC has received 343 claims related to people driving through the spill. Global News Online Journalist Richard Zussman is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 3:
Yesterday, a Senate Committee handed down its report into the debacle that is the Phoenix Pay System, saying the fiasco was largely the result of a culture of avoidance among bureaucrats. The federal government pay system was brought on two years ago in an effort to streamline the pay of public servants and save Canadians $70 million a year. Instead, it led to people being overpaid, paid late, or not even paid at all, and is on track to cost taxpayers more than $2 billion by the year 2023.