Expedient

Oh, yes. One factual problem with Douglas Coupland's The Gum Thief (and have you seen his youtube channel?). In the novel Bethany gets a passport in a week, and we can assume this took place in 2007, due to DC's ulta-currency. But we all know that nobody in Canada got a passport in a week during 2007. But then maybe I'm just looking for holes. Maybe this is fiction, after all.