Letters to the editor, Sept. 7: ‘I believe that major Canadian food retailers will use the removal of retaliatory tariffs as an opportunity to increase profit’

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The federal government lifted most retaliatory tariffs on American goods.

Re “Auditor-General to probe modernization of federal pay system as move to new program begins” (Aug. 26): From all accounts, the Phoenix payroll system has been a bottomless pit of major problems, project managers and taxpayers.

It brings to mind much simpler systems of decades ago. I was responsible for the design, development and management of an incentive-based payroll system for an auto-parts manufacturing company.

The system was modular, well-tested and reliable. We easily adapted it for another manufacturing company’s use in just two weeks.

Phoenix was too large and too complex to succeed, so forget investing more time and money in another probe. Don’t custom-build again; look for compatible, la