Mr. Gérald Cossette at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 22nd, 2007 / 4:45 p.m.

Chief Executive Officer, Passport Office, Department of Foreign Affairs

The short term is under six months. The medium term is 18 months and the long term is over 18 months.

The difficulty is that there are certain aspects that we have no control over. If the provinces do not want to cooperate to exchange information, statistics, we have to negotiate. We cannot impose our will on them. There are limits.

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