Global News published this video item, entitled “More long lines for Canadians at passport offices” – below is their description.
It’s become a common sight at Service Canada offices: long lines of people trying to get or renew their passports as the need to travel resurfaces.
But even in May, online appointments remain scarce and the line ups are still as long as ever – with no change on the horizon. Some travel experts say the government was also not prepared for thousands of passport applications to be filed in March and April.
Mike Drolet reports why speeding up the process is not as simple as just hiring more staff.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. It extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area.
Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Various Indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. The Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British Parliament. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy in the Westminster tradition, with a monarch and a prime minister who serves as the chair of the Cabinet and head of government.
As a highly developed country, Canada has the seventeenth-highest nominal per-capita income globally as well as the thirteenth-highest ranking in the Human Development Index. Its advanced economy is the tenth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks.