Yeah, that would be me, but doesn't matter any more. I have a new 10 year passport now. I tried doing it the honest way by politely asking twice, once in Victoria and once in Vancouver.
Turns out the government are cunts, and "rules are rules", so I just spilled coffee on my passport. Then went back a third time, and said, "well, now my passport is broken, so can I have a new one now?", and they gave me one. Good for me.
Now I'm just finalizing things on the business end, and should be back in Asia within a couple weeks at the most.