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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Carlos Governo, who is frustrated after two weeks of not reaching anyone at the Vital Statistics Agency, poses for a portrait at his home in Winnipeg on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. He is trying to get a long-form birth certificate for his daughter, in order to apply for a foreign citizenship. He works in corrections and says all government workers should find COVID-safe ways to be on the job. For Dylan story. Winnipeg Free Press 2021.