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Article #2278Re: SIN's (was borrowed records)
From: gtward
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1986 18:43
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1986 18:43
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In article <637@water.UUCP> jmlang@water.UUCP (Jerome M Lang) writes: >In article <504@ubc-cs.UUCP> manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vincent Manis) writes: >>... The mapping from SIN to identity is supposed to be greatly >>controlled (and that's why the theft of Revenue Canada records is so >>serious). > >I am not sure of the validity of the next sentence but I heard that >it was true. There are more SIN in use than there are people in the country. > >Any comment. > This is not surprising at all. When you die, your SIN lives on. The government continues to use it. For example, the Orphan's Benefit that I receive is `charged to' my mother's SIN, and she died over 12 years ago. Greg Ward
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!watnot!watvlsi!gtward From: gtward@watvlsi.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: SIN's (was borrowed records) Message-ID: <3220@watvlsi.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Nov-86 13:43:08 EST Article-I.D.: watvlsi.3220 Posted: Tue Nov 25 13:43:08 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Nov-86 04:13:38 EST References: <623@water.UUCP> <192@spectrix.UUCP> <497@ubc-cs.UUCP> <12211@watnot.UUCP> <504@ubc-cs.UUCP> <637@water.UUCP> Reply-To: gtward@watvlsi.UUCP (Greg Ward) Distribution: can Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18