[comp.society] SIN numbers

Hanly@UOFMCC.BITNET (Ken Hanly) (01/19/88)

Richard Brown's comments about extended usage of Social Security 
numbers in the US also applies to the use of Social Insurance Numbers (SIN 
numbers) in Canada. 

We were originally told that the numbers would be used exclusively for 
social insurance purposes but now they are used routinely by employers 
and every one else. It is not surprising our governments have little to 
say about other countries use of identity cards since both here and in 
the US they have been introduced through the back door (so to speak) 
without much resistance-in Canada at least.

Ken Hanly