Instead, the teen was sitting at home in Montreal after she couldn't get her passport in time, despite applying for it 12 weeks ago. She's one of many Canadians who've had to postpone or cancel travel plans in recent months amid massive backlogs at passport offices across the country. © CBC News Aly Michalsky, right, and her mother, Christine Paliotti, tried everything they could to get Michalsky a passport before her dream vacation Thursday. Gould also said more passports will be printed in bulk at the Gatineau, Que., processing centre and sent to other locations to take some of the stress off smaller passport offices that don't have large industrial printers. Going the distanceSome passport seekers are literally going the extra mile to get their travel documents in time.

Source: CBC News June 25, 2022 02:49 UTC