Canada's passport application backlog now 'virtually eliminated,' minister says

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Canada's passport application backlog now 'virtually eliminated,' minister says
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The federal government declared victory over a massive backlog of passport applications Tuesday as the social development minister announced that 98 per cent of the delayed applications have now been processed.

OTTAWA - The federal government declared victory over a massive backlog ofapplications Tuesday as the social development minister announced that 98 per cent of the delayed applications have now been processed.applications were being processed on time by October, but thousands of people who applied before then still faced excessive delays.

“The backlog is virtually eliminated,” she declared during a press conference at a cabinet retreat with her fellow ministers in Hamilton, Ont.applications, but once people began to travel again, the demand for newSome people are just receiving theirs now, despite the fact that they applied as early as the summer, Gould said before delivering an apology to those who had to wait.

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