According to the federal government, a fraction of the passports that are normally filed in a year were filed over two years of COVID-19, so during the pandemic, passport staff were given other work. Now, Service Canada is trying to shift that workload elsewhere, hire more staff and open more access points, but has no idea when the backlogs will be resolved.

So what’s behind all of the passport delays?

According to Blacklock’s Reporter many of Service Canada’s employees are still working from home:
“Of 26,136 Service Canada’s employees that handles passport applications, a total 18,362 are working from home.”

DOCUMENTS: Of 26,136 employees @ServiceCanada_E agency that handles passport applications, a total 18,362 are working from home.

“I completely understand the frustration Canadians are facing right now.”
— Minister @karinagould https://t.co/tohWEIRBdg @PassportCan #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/9uOOtCTQO8

— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) June 15, 2022

Passport offices have been experiencing staffing shortages.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter the agency that runs passport offices suspended hundreds of staff under vaccinate mandates.

Agency that runs #passport offices suspended hundreds of staff under #vax mandates, data show: "Incompetence is reaching unprecedented heights" https://t.co/yCt7lzdgtr #cdnpoli @MarcDalton @karinagould pic.twitter.com/3qG7qBgomd

— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) June 21, 2022

Passport Delays Are So Bad The Provincial Police are Having to Clean Up The Liberal Federal Government’s Mess

Passport Delays Are So Bad Even the Bloc are Expressing Their Concern to the Liberals in the HOC. The Federal fiasco is becoming dangerous. At this point, the police have had to intervene in lineups at passport offices, and they’re not just managing people’s anger. They’re answering questions on behalf of federal employees.

“The Federal fiasco is becoming dangerous. At this point, the police have had to intervene in lineups at passport offices.”

Are passport delays due to employees still working from home?
"We need to authorize the return to work to employees on site." pic.twitter.com/bE3HEwTt7s

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“To get a passport, people have to bring their tent and spend the night on the sidewalk that’s happening here in Canada, a G7 country.”

Citizens spent the weekend seeing for themselves that no one from the federal government was there at work to help.

People Camping Outside Passport Offices Watched All Weekend and No Workers Came.

"Citizens spent the weekend seeing for themselves that no one from the federal government was there at work to help." pic.twitter.com/0abwa6eKMg

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“Citizens I camped out all weekend in front of Service Canada offices to try to get a passport. In spite of the wind and the rain, they stayed outside all weekend trying to access this service.”

I can’t sit here and be part of a government cover up. And that’s why this morning I again wrote to the RCMP Commissioner regarding the RCMP criminal brief on the investigation into the Prime Minister’s $215,000 private island vacation. The criminal brief says the RCMP differed to the Ethics Commissioner. interpretation of the Prime Minister’s actions were not criminal in nature. However, we now know from the news, the former commissioner Mary Dawson was unfamiliar with the Criminal Code offense of fraud against the government, she had no interpretation to give. So has the Prime Minister spoken to the RCMP in the last week about his criminal behavior?

I think it’s important to recognize even before the Prime Minister was the Prime Minister, even before he was the leader of the Liberal Party, conservative members always had personal attacks against the Prime Minister. Ever since we’ve been in government. Their focus has been character assassination. While they want to focus on that, Mr. Speaker, we will continue to focus on programs that matter. And an excellent example of that is the National Child Care Program. Mr. Speaker, a program that is serving Canadians in every region of our nation today.

The Prime Minister should really answer his questions he can run but he can’t hide from the law. The RCMP difference to the retired Commissioner Dawson was asserted as one of the justifications for why it was not in the public interest to pursue a criminal investigation. But now all the public interest arguments by the RCMP for not pursuing charges have been undone in the past week. It is in the public interest for Canadians to know the Prime Minister is not above the law. So will the Prime Minister and his staff cooperate with the RCMP in this investigation of fraud on the government by the Prime Minister.

April we’re witnessing is an ongoing continuation of political theatrics from the Conservative Party. Three leaders ago they were talking about this, Mr. Speaker, at the end of the day, as I’ve pointed out in the previous questions, is that they can continue they can do what they want with their focus. What I can assure Canadians, Mr. Speaker is that this government, whether it’s the Prime Minister, other cabinet ministers, or the Liberal caucus, a whole as a whole will continue to focus our attention on making life better for all Canadians in every region of this nation.