National Post: "Rideau Hall’s call centre normally receives between 25 to 50 calls in a day, according to numbers provided to National Post by a source with direct knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to disclose the information publicly.
"But that has exploded over the last few days, with over 100 calls registered on Tuesday, more than 1,500 on Wednesday and over 4,600 at one point in the afternoon on Thursday , with callers waiting up to two hours to speak to a Rideau Hall employee, according to the source."