| Title: | True North Strong & Free |
| Notice: | Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524 |
| Moderator: | POLAR::RICHARDSON |
| Created: | Fri Jun 19 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1040 |
| Total number of notes: | 13668 |
I recently sent away for a birth certificate to the registrar general
of Ontario. Cost me almost 50 dollars all told. Six weeks later an
envelope containing the appropriate documents regarding the birth of
my daughter arrived...
With 86 cents of postage due! There was not even a hint of a stamp
on the envelope!
What's going on? Could this actually be a secret government plot
to save money, or is it an actual mistake?
Pat
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 733.1 | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Sick in a balanced sort of way | Sun Aug 01 1993 00:09 | 1 | |
Tabernouche! | |||||
| 733.2 | KAOFS::J_DESROSIERS | Lets procrastinate....tomorrow | Sat Aug 07 1993 05:12 | 6 | |
I think this qualifies for a
MAUDIT TABERNOUCHE!
Jean
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| 733.3 | Gee willikers!! | POLAR::RUSHTON | Sun Aug 08 1993 18:08 | 3 | |
Maudit tabernouche chali...!!
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| 733.4 | Standard reply....just wait 6 weeks! | POLAR::BAYNE | Wrong again, Albert. | Tue Aug 31 1993 20:26 | 15 |
re .0
We put in the original paperwork and waited 6-8 weeks for our
daughter's birth certificate as well. At the end of that time, we were
informed that we were missing a document. We sent in the
document(which they originally told us wasn't necessary), and
about 6-8 weeks later, we got a form letter stating that we were
missing additional documentation. My wife phoned their 1-800-SLO-CERT
line and waited for about 10 minutes while the clerical individual
sorted through their files. The clerical one said all the necessary
information was there, and to wait another 4-6 weeks for the arrival
of the birth certificate. The next day, low and behold, the birth
certificate arrived(postage complete).
Shawn
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| 733.5 | Think it's bad here | TROOA::SOLEY | VMS, just say NO! | Wed Sep 01 1993 17:48 | 11 |
I have a friend who was born in Jamaica and brought to Canada as an
infant. He has all of his citizenship papers, a passport and the whole
bit, he'd never had nor needed a birth certificate. A few years ago
(pre-free trade) he applied for a work permit in the US so the band he was
in could go on a tour there, one of the things they wanted was a birth
certificate, insisited that it was necessary. He wrote off the the
appropriate office in Kingston and waited, and waited, and waited, after a
couple months he sent off a second letter asking after the first, his
letter was returned to him promptly with "Soon come" written across the
face of it. He never did get the certificate, US immigration accepted
the letter in lieu of a certificate.
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