The Conservatives say the Liberal government knew for months that Passport Canada was headed for disaster..Now the employees hired to fix that disaster will take almost four months to train as Canadians camp in line for passports..On Thursday, Conservative MP Luc Berthold (Mégantic-L'Érable) told the House of Commons, "Promises and more promises, but never any results — that is the hallmark of the Liberal government.".Berthold said the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould knew for months that Passport Canada was headed for disaster.."People were told ... that they could wait in line to get a number, so they would be able to get a passport. People waited in line all night in the rain to get a number. What happened? There were no numbers left this morning. That is their new strategy," Berthold said.."We have learned that it takes 15 weeks to train a new employee. The minister is going to say that she has hired lots of people. This is truly appalling.".Weeks of training which will have to be completed while Canadians who need passports wait in line..Berthold is calling the passport crisis in Canada a "monumental Liberal fiasco.".According to Statistics Canada, in 2022, 70% of Canadians had passports, with over 24.6 million passports in circulation..The Liberals said they "understand Canadians' frustration with the passport situation."."We implemented a new strategy as of yesterday. We saw the lines of people forming outside the Saint-Laurent, Laval and Guy-Fravreau offices, so they received tickets and appointments," Minister Gould said.. "Today, 250 people who were outside the Laval and Saint-Laurent offices spoke with managers and got appointments. There are 10 or so managers in each office who are organizing people into 12-hour shifts to ensure that everyone can travel on time."
The Conservatives say the Liberal government knew for months that Passport Canada was headed for disaster..Now the employees hired to fix that disaster will take almost four months to train as Canadians camp in line for passports..On Thursday, Conservative MP Luc Berthold (Mégantic-L'Érable) told the House of Commons, "Promises and more promises, but never any results — that is the hallmark of the Liberal government.".Berthold said the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould knew for months that Passport Canada was headed for disaster.."People were told ... that they could wait in line to get a number, so they would be able to get a passport. People waited in line all night in the rain to get a number. What happened? There were no numbers left this morning. That is their new strategy," Berthold said.."We have learned that it takes 15 weeks to train a new employee. The minister is going to say that she has hired lots of people. This is truly appalling.".Weeks of training which will have to be completed while Canadians who need passports wait in line..Berthold is calling the passport crisis in Canada a "monumental Liberal fiasco.".According to Statistics Canada, in 2022, 70% of Canadians had passports, with over 24.6 million passports in circulation..The Liberals said they "understand Canadians' frustration with the passport situation."."We implemented a new strategy as of yesterday. We saw the lines of people forming outside the Saint-Laurent, Laval and Guy-Fravreau offices, so they received tickets and appointments," Minister Gould said.. "Today, 250 people who were outside the Laval and Saint-Laurent offices spoke with managers and got appointments. There are 10 or so managers in each office who are organizing people into 12-hour shifts to ensure that everyone can travel on time."
