Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 7th, 2019. See this statement in context.

February 7th, 2019 / 4:25 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks very much.

I want to start with something really simple. I have a social insurance number. I'm not entirely sure what it's for most of the time. Now I'm going to attach a password to that social insurance number and then the government is going to issue me an RSA key with a rotating number to ensure that there's a two-factor system to it. Now I can access CRA immediately. When my wife is on maternity leave and needs to access EI, she could use that same system. When I'm reapplying for my password, I could use that same system. Why is that so hard?

Mr. Eaves.

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