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House Hansard - 67

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Mrs. Dominique Vien (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, CPC)
  • May/9/22 2:50:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the delays in processing passport applications are completely unacceptable. People are saying that it is chaos at Service Canada. People are getting abominable service, and some have had to cancel their travel plans. However, this government has a ready-made solution: allow employees to return to work in person at the Service Canada passport offices. When does it plan to recall government employees?
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Ms. Michelle Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha, CPC)
  • May/9/22 2:51:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a report from October 2021 states that the government was bracing for a surge of passport applications. Fast forward to seven months later and clearly it did not brace well enough. Wait times have become so outrageous that people are offering a service to wait in line for passport renewals. One of my constituents was recommended by Service Canada to line up at 1:00 a.m. Constituents are also being charged extra processing fees, meaning that a $160 10-year passport is now costing Canadians $315. If the Liberals knew, why are Canadians paying the price for the Liberals' inability to prepare?
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