(Ottawa) Service Canada employees will work on the statutory holidays of June 24 and March 1er July to renew pending passports. The government was hounded by the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois and during question period on Monday.
Posted at 3:50 p.m.
“It’s total chaos,” denounced Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien in a press scrum. He said elected officials were inundated with calls. People line up in front of Service Canada offices and sometimes spend the night there trying to renew their passport in extremis before leaving on their trip.
“The Minister’s incompetence is reaching unprecedented heights. When are they going to stop improvising and open the offices evenings and weekends until the crisis is finally resolved, ”he asked in the room.
“Service Canada employees have worked tirelessly during the pandemic to help Canadians. They worked overtime and every weekend, Parliamentary Secretary Ya’ara Saks replied. In fact, for the long weekends of June 24 and 1er July, employees will work to ensure that Canadians receive their documents. »
She later reported that Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould was not in the room because she was visiting a passport processing center in Mississauga to see what could be improved. .
Further details will follow.