Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the witnesses.
If I understood correctly, when Mr. Preston talked about social insurance numbers, the idea of a number reserved for Elections Canada was brought up. However, your fear is that there be too many numbers. I have always believed that we were always but one number. Perhaps it would be preferable to have two.
With regard to the social insurance number, I believe that its usage would be an intrusion into my private life, especially since this number gives access to all sorts of things that would be at the disposal of others. My number is personal; I give it to whomever I please, and no one will take it away from me. The very idea of simply providing this number to Elections Canada would fly in the face of the protection of my privacy.