r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Sep 18 '22

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

This thread will be used for the "new"-type questions, PAL/RPAL applications, references, CFSC/CFRSC requirements, storage/transport, or other general "new-to-me" firearms ownership questions.

In response to this thread, the community was quite positive for a thread to cover these subjects.

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u/pjosephsmith Sep 23 '22

What is up with the RCMP phones lately? I spent months calling them in my spare time just to get kicked off because the lines are busy. 4 months latter I get thru and their payment system is down. I'm trying again yesterday and today and every time I am put on hold, the time is random between 30 seconds to 25 minutes just to get hung up on! Is this how they're making their call times look better for their next audit? (From ontario, calling at 10 cause I'm busy til ten then randomly thru out the day. Preferably before the lines open up to the rest of the provinces. Trying to pay for my first license, not doing the online thing because we all know how good web security and government are).

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u/iloveneuro Sep 23 '22

I assure you they are not purposefully dropping calls. Their system is overloaded and only has so many lines. A few times I even got the “the customer you have reach is unavailable” message from the telecom so their lines are just busy.