Public Services and Procurement Canada should not be confused with Service Canada.
| Agency Name: | Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| Type: | Department |
| Nativename: | French: Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada |
| Employees: | 17,085 (March 2021) |
| Minister1 Name: | Jean-Yves Duclos |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Receiver General for Canada |
| Chief1 Name: | Paul Thompson |
| Chief1 Position: | Deputy Minister and Deputy Receiver General for Canada |
| Formed: | 1996 |
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC; French: Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada),[1] formerly Public Works and Government Services 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.[2] It is also the custodian of a large real estate portfolio and as well infrastructure such as bridges, dams and highways.
The department is responsible to Parliament through the minister of public services and procurement and receiver general for Canada – presently Jean-Yves Duclos. Day-to-day operations and leadership of the department is overseen by the deputy minister, a senior civil servant.
See main article: Phoenix Pay System. 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.[4]