Public Services and Procurement Canada


Public Services and Procurement Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for the government's internal servicing and administration. The department is responsible for the procurement for other government departments and serves as the central purchasing agent, real property manager, treasurer, accountant, pay and pension administrator, integrity adviser and linguistic authority; it was recognized in 2018 as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. It is also the custodian of a large real estate portfolio and as well infrastructure such as bridges, dams and highways. While the department's applied title under the Federal Identity Program is Public Services and Procurement Canada, the legal name of the department remains the Department of Public Works and Government Services pursuant to section 3 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act S.C. 1996, c.
The Minister of Public Services and Procurement is Anita Anand.
In November 2019, Anita Anand took over the responsibilities of Minister of Public Services and Procurement from Carla Qualtrough.

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The Phoenix Pay System is a payroll processing system for federal employees, run by PSPC. After coming online in early 2016, Phoenix has been mired in problems with underpayments, over-payments, and non-payments. As of March 2018, the estimated cost to fix the problems was over $1 billion.