Posted on 05/16/2023 1:36:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The single biggest change is to the document’s data page that features the owner’s picture and personal information
Canadians will soon be able to apply online for a newly redesigned Canadian passport that features a host of advanced security features and a significant graphic rework that largely eliminates references to the country’s history.
Why Canada’s new passport features old Queen’s crown instead of new snowflake design
On Wednesday, Ministers Sean Fraser and Karina Gould revealed the new “state-of-the-art” passport, which features many impressive new security features that they say will make it the envy of the world. The new document will be distributed starting this summer.
They also announced that Canadians will finally be able to skip the line at Service Canada offices and apply online for the new document come the fall.”Our passport is recognized around the world and this new design will not only be more secure and reliable, but I believe it will also continue to inspire pride in the hearts of those who carry it,” Gould said during a press conference at the Ottawa airport.
This is the first major redesign for the essential travel document since 2013, but Gould warned that it would take a few months before new applicants receive the updated version.
The new passport features completely new imagery throughout its 37 pages, which are now printed on material similar to the new Canadian bank notes.
Gone are the pictures of historic Canadian icons, locations and moments such as the Fathers of Confederation, explorer Samuel de Champlain, Niagara Falls and the Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885.
Instead, the new passport’s visa pages depict sketches of Canada throughout the seasons, such as birds at a feeder, an Indigenous kayaker, narwhals with golden tusks breaching the water and a man raking
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Terry Fox was a cancer survivor who ran marathon in 1980, maybe a Canadian can explain his significance to the nation.
Fox was trying to run across Canada with a leg prosthetic to raise money for cancer research. He succumbed to the disease just under half way across. At the start in Newfoundland no one knew about his run but by the time he hit Toronto he had captured Canadians hearts and his later death just cemented him in the minds of Canadians everywhere. In his memory every year there are charity runs across the country. He is a Canadian icon and hero.
Well, someone decided to take him off the passport.
Trudeau has heard of Vimy Ridge:
Trudeau MUST WORSHIP Gaia. Canada’s history sits behind the WEF’s agenda.
Does it scan your vaccination status?
The only history Castreau Jr believes in is Quebec’s. The rest of Canada’s history, especially its connection to Britain, could be done away with.
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