Social INsurance card. I don't know what the American equivalent would be but every working Canadian needs one. It's for tax purposes, receiving federal government benefits, pretty much all dealings with the federal government.
The physical card doesn't mean that much; it's not that it's a required ID card or anything. I got one when I got my first part time job some 40 years ago. I lost it about 35 years ago and never got it replaced. It's the number that's important. Mine's memorized; I just spout it when I deal with the feds in person or on the phone and it's all good. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Stan Halpin <[email protected]> Sent: January 12, 2012 1/12/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT Magnetic strip sand scanning Is a SIN card like a get-out-of-jail-free card? You Canadians are so organized! I can't imagine how scanning could affect the mag strips. If you are really worried, try it with a seldom-used credit card and see what happens. stan On Jan 12, 2012, at 6:08 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > I have tried to search this but not much out there. > > I want to scan my important cards, like my birth certificate, my SIN > card, health card etc. Some have magnetic strip others do not, will > the action of scanning damage the strips in any way. Using as back up > evidence in case of theft etc. > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
