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Forrrest for the trees

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I'm no Canadian passport connoisseur but when were they red? My old one from 10 years ago is blue so I'm not sure what that's about?
- I was wondering, if it's perhaps relatively common between nations for passports to be red, but from some very quick image searching that doesn't really seem to be the case:
  
  US blue
  
  UK blue
  
  France red
  
  Germany red
  
  Spain red
  
  India blue
  
  China red
  
  Brazil blue
  
  UK was red pre-brexit
  
  South Africa green
- No one ever said it was red.
  
  But they said it wasn't red. So one would question when they were.
  
  I think I get it. They are expecting the passport to be red like the flag.
- I do not think they have ever been red
WHAT IS THIS? A PASSPORT FOR BLUE WHALES??
- They somehow never watched Idiocracy
- probably for giant aliens when they land in toronto for the first time.
At that size of a passport, in an international emergency, you could use your passport as a shelter or flotation device .... is it also bullet proof?
- The U.S. bulletproof model was proposed for school children. Sadly, Republicans successfully fought against it, because it "Would give the kids an unfair advantage over the school shooters."
  
  Sad chuckle
- Never thought of it before but they could make sections of this new enormous passport edible .... pages 14 to 16 could be used as an emergency ration if you get caught in a war zone.
Why blue? White with red trimming would be nicer.
- Iirc, you can only choose red, blue, black, and green. Maybe other colors are possible, but not preferred (I can see a white passport looking pretty rough after a couple years, if you’re a heavy traveler). No idea why they wouldn’t stick with red though.
  
  You can see the text on the front of them for what they are for. Blue are regular passports for casual travel. Red are diplomatic passports for high ranking officials. Green are special passports for senators, MPs or government workers on official business. White temporary passports are usually issued abroad where a Canadian citizen has an urgent requirement to travel but doesn't have a passport for whatever reason.
- I believe red is usually reserved for diplomatic type passports.
  
  EU passports are red (burgundy)
  
  Swiss passports are bright red fwiw.
  
  Singapore?
  
  And the EU have burgundy which is red-adjacent
They are correct. That is way too big.
*Forest
- You can’t see the forest for the r’s
- i think 2 Rs would be a mistake, 3 or more intentional
  
  I made a mistake initially but you know, mistakes are just happy little accidents
  
  we're almost up to a fiverest
You guyses don't think that might be a bit large for travel /s
Why are passports still a booklet? Everything is digital now. We don’t need stamps or visas in the passport anymore. It serves no purpose.
- whoop my phone just ran out of juice, guess my passport is valid, eh?
  
  There's an rfid chip in EU passports
  
  I never said it had to be an app or a card in your phone’s wallet, although it’s not a bad idea. Passports have chips now. I just think it doesn’t need to be a booklet anymore.
- because sometimes the power goes out
  
  Nah. My mother had to stay more than two hours in a line in Atlanta’s immigration because the system went down.
- Then they should make an app for Windows 10, because I use Windows 10 Mobile for my phone.
  
  https://youtu.be/oomCIXGzsR0?t=60
  
  I still miss my 950XL.
- There's plenty of countries that use stamps still. Also, collecting stamps is fun.
- They have chips in them.
- sentimental value of stamps
- plenty of countries still use them

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