Veterans Not Consulted on New Passport Design

The new Canadian passport is unveiled at an event at the Ottawa International Airport on May 10, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Canada’s minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said veterans’ groups and others were not consulted when the decision was made to drop images of Vimy Ridge, Billy Bishop, and other historical images from Canada’s redesigned passport.

Answers to questions by four MPs filed in order papers about Canada’s new passports were answered in the House of Commons on Sept. 18.