Apparently the Swedes don't think much of Canada -- check out the scare quotes on the MySQL download page:

Can't say I blame 'em, though. Recently, my wife renewed her passport, and in order to get a Canadian passport you need to give three references who have known you for at least two years, one of whom must be a professional. Here's the 3-page application form. Four pages of instructions are included.

If I were living in the States, I could renew my passport by mail by filling out a one-page form and signing a declaration under penalty of perjury. (The form.)

It was easier to get married here than to get a passport. It was easier for me (an alien with a non-resident visa) to get a driver's license than it was for my wife, a Canadian citizen, to get a passport in the city she was born in.