I think for us, because we are contemplating the SIN at landing service in major airports, we're concerned enough that there is an underrepresented group in the population, and we want to make sure they have a social insurance number as soon as they arrive in Canada. Without having specific data on how long people may have been here without one and the problems they may encounter in getting one once they're here, we just think it would be a far better service to provide it to them as part of the package of things they receive, a bundle of services, if you like, that they receive before they even arrive in Canada, from us and other departments.
On April 17th, 2007. See this statement in context.