Passport chaos continues in Montreal as travellers demand answers
For days, people have been sleeping in tents outside passport offices amid a backlog in the processing of travel documents.
The federal government said the situation was unacceptable and something would be done.
So on Wednesday, people were still sleeping in tents outside the passport offices while the anger, tears, and missed vacations test people's patience.
Travellers are wondering who's going to pay for this.
Watch the video above for the full report by CTV News Montreal's Rob Lurie.
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