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From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: SIN's (was borrowed records)
Message-ID: <586@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Nov-86 11:22:31 EST
Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.586
Posted: Wed Nov 26 11:22:31 1986
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Reply-To: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vincent Manis)
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In article <637@water.UUCP> jmlang@water.UUCP (Jerome M Lang) writes:
>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.

It stands to reason that there are more SINs than people qualified to
hold them. For example, I doubt that the SINs of deceased people are reused.
In addition, people present on short-term visas are often issued SINs if
they earn income while in Canada (that's why I have a US Social Security 
Number). There is also of course fraud.