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Uh Kier Starmer's introduced a digital
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ID card, wants to make it mandatory as a
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way of controlling immigration. Is that
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something Canada might consider?
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Well, Paul, I I I one thing I would put
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in terms of context is the UK is
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relatively unique in not having other
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forms of identification. So there's
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there's been a long history here not to
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In Canadians, we have various forms of
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ID. you you know we have driver's
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license you have uh social insurance
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license like you you you have forms of
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identification um in terms of um in
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terms of so now are there merits to
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having common digital identification for
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uh for government services for um you
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you say immigration also for financial
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services uh portability other aspects
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there may be we don't have current uh
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current plans for that.
