Queue me I'm Canadian?
Speaking as one who has also stood in line at foreignconsulates to obtain visas, it's the downright incompetence of this operation inflicted on legal tax paying Canadian residents, as outlined in earlier posts, and documented in the news papers and on tv recently, that doesn't fit the definition of "tolerability," unless of course it's only happening to others.
The Canada of yore was a laid-back place, where it was no big deal to pick up SINs, drivers licences, etc. This led to situations that were "embarrassing" (e.g. when the alleged murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King managed to establish a false identity so easily here). So now Canada has lost its "innocence," and undoubtedly shoved in that direction by the bad old USA.
Of course, as with gun control registries, skipping-out refugee claimants, and other facts of modern life, the bad guys often find a way around the rules, or simply ignore them, but by golly the innocent ones can continue to queue, even if it means taking unpaid leave from work.
Shrug...