Originally Posted by mudd_stuffin
I am a Canadian taxpayer who has paid my $87 fee to renew my passport. Based on an indicated mailing date of March 26 2007 and given that today is April 2, I am fully entitled to call and inquire about the status of my application.
I'm not saying you're not entitled to call. I'm pointing out that you're not the only one.
Originally Posted by mudd_stuffin
You have it all wrong. I am not so much frustrated over the lack of agents or infrastructure. Not being able to queue up after about twenty phone calls is not acceptable.
Yeah, because you're the only one calling and whenever you get thorugh and the system sees your number, it rejects it because it knows it is you.
The government uses the exact same technology that private companies do.