A Nepean man says he was surprised by the casual response from Parliament Hill after he tried to return a House of Commons-issue security pass he found on the street.
Denis Chretien said he was "fluffed off" when he called Parliament Hill to report a security pass and magnetic card he found Wednesday morning.
"I've got probably access to anywhere on Parliament Hill right now," he said.
Chretien, a plow operator for a private snow removal company, found the passes on on Walkley Rd., in the east end. It looks like the cards broke off a lanyard when their owner was getting into a car, he said.
When Chretien called the phone number on the card, a man told him to "just put it in the mail" and then hung up, he said.
Given the security concerns after the October shooting at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill, Chretien said he was taken aback by the cavalier response.
"After what happened, you know ... Whoa!"
Parliament's communications director Heather Bradley confirmed the advice Chretien got to put it in the mail was the right policy.
"If somebody finds a card, they should read the back and do as the back says," Bradley said.
Fine print on the pass is the property of the House of Commons and lists its mailing address and phone number.
Still, Chretien said he's reluctant to mail it back.
"I don't want to put it in the mailbox, because... what the hell?" he said.
Chretien said he could only imagine what might happen if the security passes fell into the wrong hands.
It's possible the magnetic card had already been cancelled after the owner discovered he had lost it.
"You're probably looking at 50-50," Chretien said, guessing at the odds it had been de-activated.
The pass belongs to a government business analyst with a Queen St. office, according to GEDS, the online federal government employee directory.
It's a downtown high-rise building near the World Exchange Plaza. There are no MPs' offices there, but it does have some House of Commons committee rooms, civil servants' offices, the research bureaus for the three main parties and a parliamentary gym.
The pass is signed by the cardholder and by House of Commons Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers.
Vickers made news around the world in October when he shot Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the gunman who shot an unarmed soldier at the war memorial before storming Parliament's Centre Block.
Chretien quipped that Vickers' sudden hero status might make the pass a collectible.
"I even have the sergeant-at-arms' autograph on this," Chretien said. "I wonder if I can put this on eBay."
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