My experience has been very different. Most recently, I was sitting in the room with my sister and her (liberal!) MP when they called the RCMP and ask to speak to a supervisor. The person on the other end of the phone looked up the application and sent it off to the CFO on the spot. The next day I got a call from the CFO's office about a second interview as a reference. Later that day she text me about getting a call from the CFO about a second interview for her. Minutes later she text that her license was approved. (If you don't check "yes" to any of the questions you likely won't even have to go through those extra CFO interviews.)
Or by all means continue waiting patiently. Or get a lawyer and try going beast mode in court.