May 1, 2024

The NDP wants someone to answer for another pricey software boondoggle

As the government scrambles to fix troubled software giving child welfare workers headaches the NDP says somebody has to answer for the boondoggle.  Children and Family Development critic Claire Trevena says the software failure is a case of gross mismanagement.  Trevena says it isn't the first time either as the government had to also … [Read more...]

Pricey B.C. government software slammed by children’s watchdog

BC's child and youth representative is slamming new software used by the Ministry of Children and Families.  And Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is so concerned about it, she's making a rare public statement.  Launched in April, the "integrated case management" software was supposed to save time for child welfare workers, so they could spend … [Read more...]

Toronto, Montreal ranked as pricey. What, no Vancouver

Toronto and Montreal rank among the world's 20 priciest cities, according to a new study. But, for Toronto, at least, buying power lags, suggesting Torontonians have to stretch a bit more to ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]