Don't be a pussy. Fight for your rights. Whoever your "friend" is tell them to get fired over this. Tell them to talk to their coworkers and organize. Don't fake shit to feign getting your mark. FIGHT! Also, your friend does not know what will happen between now and then. Even if your friend lived in Ontario, it will be a QR code (which Ontario has had in the works for a while anyway, it's on their website) and paper cards won't be the "thing" to use. If you know other friends who are good at breaking things, look into the QR code stuff. Law enforcement love recruiting people who can secure databases for government and the like. System vulnerabilities are a hell of a thing.