Dear Mr. Minister,
I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.How is it that Radio Shack (Source) has my address and telephonenumber and knows that I bought a TV Cable from them back in 1997, andyet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and onwhat date.
For crying out loud, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date, youhave on my social insurance card, on all the income tax forms I'vefiled for the past 30 years, my health insurance card, my driver'slicense, on the last eight bloody passports I've had, on all thosestupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before beingallowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all thoseinsufferable census forms that are done at election times.Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother'sname is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'd be absolutelyastounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really ticked off this morning. Betweenyou an'me, I've had enough! You send the application to my house, thenyou ask me for my freakin' address. What is going on? Do you have agang of Neanderthals workin' there, or is it because everyone has tobe bilingual instead of competent?! Look at my damn picture. Do I looklike Bin Laden?
I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for crying out loud. I just wantto go and park my butt on a sandy beach. And would someone please tellme, why would you care whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15days?!
If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat,believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of thecity and get another bloody copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of$60!
Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spotto assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day?? Nooooo,that'd be too easy!You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with ourheads cut off, contributing to local pollution levels in the process,then find some bozo to confirm that it's really me on the stupidpicture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?!Hey, do you really want to know why we can't smile?

We're ticked off!

Signed - An Irate Canadian Citizen