Quite possibly. It just indicated "Telus" as a common word (I typed in my old password to see where it got upset), but I am sure there are a ton of other common words it might not like.
It's a mickey mouse security problem. I had the same thing - strong password string. I guessed at what their problem was. My password contained the "common" word "Telus". I changed it and actually made a weaker password and it is working fine again. ...