Lena Metlege Diab: “You must definitively prove your link to Canada at each and every generation.”

As of today, online passport renewal will be available to all eligible adult Canadians applying from within Canada. We are removing the limit on the number of people who can access this service.

We will continue to monitor how this goes on … as we continue to improve, perhaps adding children, perhaps adding populations outside Canada.

We are taking this seriously and we will review it and take the time that we need, ensuring that we will be clear with Canadians.

Removing the limit on online passport renewals may sound like a small operational change, but for hundreds of thousands of Canadians, it will mean one less errand, one less line-up and one less thing to worry about before their next…