Dont Believe The Hype!

Need a passport?
Well, don’t drive to Cranbrook.
Dont believe the hype. The so-called passport centre in Cranbrook that’s located in the Service Canada office is a joke.
The ONLY point of that government service is to just look over your application to make sure you filled in all the correct boxes. They then drop it in the regular mail like you would do from Fernie. And by checking it over, they don’t verify the information you wrote down, just that the spaces are filled with information.
In no way whatsoever can the office in Cranbrook fast track your passport, expedite it, or get it to you any faster in any way other then in the 4-6 week period.
If you want your passport in 2 weeks or less you HAVE to visit the Passport Canada office in a major city.
After driving all the way to Cranbrook instead of using my one day off to drive to Calgary. I was informed once I got there that the whole purpose of my drive was to just have an agent look over my form.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH what a fucking WASTE!!

I actually asked the agent “So, what’s the point of coming here and this office???” Her response, “Oh well we look over your application to make sure you filled it out correctly”.
WTF are people this stupid that the government had to open a secondary office in Cranbrook for this reason??? Service Canada locations offer other services, but the main hype around this was to help the passport process. I specifically recall a media blitz with MP Jim Abbott, toting the great new passport office in Cranbrook. Basically if you are a normal functioning human being and you carefully fill your form out with caution and scrutiny, then drop it in the mail. You will get your passport in the same amount of time that it would take you if you drove to Cranbrook and had the government employees check it over and stick the stamp on it for you.
My trip wasn't a total waste, I had lunch at "East Side Marios" the new restaurant in the old Boston Pizza location. Marios totally kicks Boston Pizzas ass.

Goodbye Cranbrooklyn, Hello Alberta