Trudeau's passport revamp blew through nearly a third of a billion dollars
The Liberal government admits it only consulted with itself on the redesigning, which saw the removal of Canadian historical icons Billy Bishop and the Vimy Memorial.
When surveying itself, the government found no disagreement with its plan.
According to an inquiry of the Immigration Department posed by Alberta Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, the initial scheme for a new-look Canadian passport was budgeted at $161 million in 2016.
Ottawa launched a redesign of Canada's passport Wednesday that some say is an attempt to 'erase' the country's history.
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However, the contract was awarded to a company called Canadian Bank Note at a final cost of $284 million "for printed matter, including books, newspapers, pictures, manuscripts and forms."
According to a response to a separate order paper question posed by NL Conservative MP Clifford Small:
"Consultations on the new theme and images occurred, including with the Government of Canada’s forensic specialists at the Canada Border Services Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and with Canadian Heritage and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Due to the secrecy of the passport design and security features, there were limitations to the number of groups that could have access to the design."
#REPORT: Passport Canada has admitted that passport office delays were caused by mismanagement with 50% of staff working from home and 20% quitting, despite the Trudeau Liberals insisting it was due to an influx of passport applications. pic.twitter.com/wnIi1wemzM
— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) September 6, 2023
Canadians were plagued with passport office delays in 2022.
Here is the Service Canada office in Montreal. #servicecanada @RebelNewsOnline #passport #PasseportCanada @ThevoiceAlexa pic.twitter.com/KLgkZWVb5g
— Guillaume Roy (@guillaum3roy) June 22, 2022
Some 50% of passport office staff worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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