OTTAWA — Canadians who need their travel documents renewed before visiting far\u002Doff shores will soon be able to skip the line at the passport office, the…
The digital option is a result of the lessons learned last year when the department was swamped with passport applications, which led to long lines and even longer waits for people to get their documents, Social Development Minister Karina Gould said.
During the recent public-service strike, the government urged people to hold off on passport applications. Gould warned that longer lines could ensue once workers were back in place, due to the pent-up demand — but she said that hasn’t happened yet.Article content The travel document design was refreshed as part of a routine effort to update the Canadian passport every 10 years.Article content
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre denounced the new designs in the House of Commons Wednesday, and charged the Liberals with attempting to erase essential Canadian history. “Removing that image in the context of a design change and without knowing the rationale was, to put it bluntly, a poor decision,” the legion said in a statement.
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