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House Hansard - 93

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Jun/21/22 2:24:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the only one here making it harder for Canadians to travel is the Prime Minister himself. The only thing preventing Canadians from having access to a document as important as the passport is the Prime Minister's incompetence. The passport situation is a national crisis. According to columnist Mario Dumont, who spent the night at the Guy‑Favreau complex to get a passport for his daughter, people in line are being treated like cattle. That is not true. Cattle farmers never leave their animals without water. There is a big difference. How can the Prime Minister be so bad at delivering services from his government?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Jun/21/22 2:27:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he was the only one who did not realize that there would be a surge of applications. When the Prime Minister travels, he has a chartered plane paid for by taxpayers, and someone takes care of his passport. He even has friends who invite him to the tropics, all expenses paid. When ordinary taxpayers travel, they save up to be able to go on vacation or to try to reunite with their family. They submit their passport application, and the Prime Minister tells them they might not be able to go. Before leaving on his trip this week, does the Prime Minister want to try sleeping in the rain for two days?
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/21/22 2:28:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in January, we began hiring hundreds of new employees for passport services, because we saw this coming. Workers are swamped. There is a huge number of passport applications, and we are increasing the number of employees and resources, and accelerating solutions for passport delivery so that Canadians can travel this summer and see their families. That is exactly what we want to do for Canadians, and that is what we are going to fix.
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Chris Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie, CPC)
  • Jun/21/22 2:44:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Sally still has not received her new passport that she applied for in March. She needs it next week. The government says that she can now travel five hours to the nearest passport office to get an emergency passport printed. It told her to line up at 4 a.m., but will not guarantee that she will get served that day. It has also said that she must not arrive at the passport office sooner than 48 hours before her flight time in order to qualify for the said emergency printing. Why does Liberal incompetence mean that Sally is forced to drive five hours one way to stand in line all night with no guarantee that she will have her passport by the time her flight leaves?
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