May 2008 | haggaret.com

Map data updated?

Posted by Kevin, on May 12th, 2008

Back in October of last year, I wrote this post where I said that I sent a correction request off to NAVTEQ to correct the name of a road in the New River Beach area of New Brunswick. They had incorrectly labeled “Haggerty’s Cove Rd” as “Maggery’s Cove Rd”. I sent, as supporting proof, this photo, which doesn’t technically show the road name – but rather the area name. I didn’t have a photo showing the actual road sign so my hope was that they’d be ok with just seeing the name of the area and extrapolating from that. :)

I got an email on May 2nd stating that they have completed their investigation of my map report. Their resolution was:
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Auditor General’s Report

Posted by Kevin, on May 7th, 2008

I’m loving how the Auditor General, Sheila Fraser, is really giving it to the government. My latest favourite finding is that the government is charging too much for passports – by a full $25! Apparently they issued 3 million passports last year – with a $25 profit on each, that works out to a cool $75 million! As noted by Mrs. Fraser, Government services should be run with the goal of breaking even – not gouging tax payers. What happens with that extra $75 million? As others have noted, perhaps it should be put back into the system with the goal of improving turn around times – have you ever been to a passport office? Those lineups are insane! [...]