为什么一位美国公民要申请加拿大护照

刚在Yahoo上看到的，一位美国公民要来加拿大，因此给加拿大使馆打电话，询问如何申请加拿大护照，当被告知她因为不是加拿大公民因此不能申请时，她说，她以为美国人需要有加拿大护照才能来访。

这只是求助加拿大使馆领馆的一个例子。类似的还有：
一位访问芝加哥的加拿大人想知道领事官员能否帮忙得到奥普拉的票（著名节目主持人）。想得倒美！
— A Canadian visiting Chicago wanted to know if consular officers could get tickets for The Oprah Winfrey Show.

一位居住在外国的加拿大人被他的女朋友踢出去后吵架啦，他希望领事官员去跟那位姑娘谈谈，并与她谈判能否让他回家（哪个家？）
— A Canadian living abroad had an argument with his girlfriend, after which she kicked him out. He wanted consular officials to talk to the girlfriend and negotiate his return home.

一位居住在开罗的加拿大人请求领事官员陪同他丈母娘走出加拿大妇女公寓（可能是在开罗？）
— A Canadian living in Cairo asked consular officials to escort her mother-in-law out of the Canadian woman’s apartment.

还有这位：一位加拿大人请求北京的加拿大使馆官员到北京机场把他的狗带走，因为他的手续不全而无法登机（狗的手续不全，行，还没有一扔了之）。他希望大使馆人员将狗带走兵照顾它，直到他为它取得合法手续，因为他不想耽误他的旅行和损失机票（估计是在中国国内旅行吧）
— A Canadian asked the Embassy in Beijing if someone could come and pick up his dog at the Beijing airport after the dog was refused boarding due to lack of proper paperwork. He wanted consular officers to pick up the dog and take care of it until he could get things sorted out—and he did not want to miss his flight and lose the ticket.


出国前要了解当地使馆和领馆能为你做些什么，但他们不会去联系你的丈母娘，让她搬出你的房子！

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/foreign-affairs-reminds-canadians-not-expect-ottawa-abroad-042945418.html