Because if your identity is stolen, you'll forever have issues with that SIN number.
A more modern ID card can be replaced if stolen, and allow the government to track ID fraud more efficiently. Mix that in with a chip card, and identity theft becomes even more difficult as the card needs to be present.
chained to maleable digital data
Who cares? It's government records, not a cryptocurrency.
Government records that contain your bank info, health information, location history, comes with a huge incentive to be shared with 3rd parties
That's already illegal under Provincial and Federal Privacy legislation.
They also already have that data without this new ID, so idk what your point is here.
I'll take this over an unchangeable Social Insurance Number.
Because if your identity is stolen, you'll forever have issues with that SIN number.
A more modern ID card can be replaced if stolen, and allow the government to track ID fraud more efficiently. Mix that in with a chip card, and identity theft becomes even more difficult as the card needs to be present.
Who cares? It's government records, not a cryptocurrency.
That's already illegal under Provincial and Federal Privacy legislation.
They also already have that data without this new ID, so idk what your point is here.
Just wanted to spew some conspiritard nonsense?