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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
The government is antiquated and needs a modernization which also means that some jobs losses will be expected. I need to renew my passport in the next few months. Paper and mail is the only option for requesting a new passport which means that there is a multitude of people sitting in an office in Gatineau opening up letter, scanning papers, likely transposing information from that paper into a software form and finally processing the application. I have no idea why the information can't just be entered by the public into a government system to cut down on time and effort. They should be able to create a portal for using a selfie as a passport photo as well.
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I cant get through to anyone at CRA over a very simple matter, they upgraded their database and online access to make it...significantly worse than the dogcrap it already was and...I had to take time to have an in person-meeting with a CRA Auditor which was effectively like speaking to a lamp-post and a complete waste of everyone's time.
She had no idea what she was doing and carried a heavily un-deserved sense of self-importance for someone who was pretty clearly clueless.
I must say...if a Politician wants to buy my vote? Either make me the Minister of Revenue or at least promise a culling at CRA.
I went with my Intern a while back to an Accounting 'Meet and Greet' where you talk to various recruiters and Partners of various firms, its to recruit new Grads who want to article...I was just there to take it in, kind of nostalgic for me plus I met some old friends.
Oh yes...but guess who have a booth? Oh yeah. CRA. You wouldn't believe the chucklehead clowns they chose to staff that booth. It was embarrassing and I shouldn't even care.
Absolutely nobody took them seriously. The 'cream of the crop' they are not.
I always laugh at this, because I have clients who say this to me all the time.
"Oh, my last Accountant used to work for CRA so he knows all the loopholes!!!"
No son, if your last Accountant used to work for CRA? He's probably an idiot. The fact that he left means that he might have gotten better?
But they are the 'Employer of Last Resort.'