National Identity Cards and Biometrics

PIAC REPORT: National Identity Cards, Biometrics and the Consumer: Displacing the Personal from the Person

Monday, Feb 26, 2007

As Canada continues to bolster national security post September 11th, and consumer commerce becomes increasingly jeopardized by identity theft, a National Identity Card scheme has been discussed as a potential solution. However, critics charge that National Identity Cards could turn into “de facto internal passports” which would be required to access almost all government or business services. ...