Okay, we'll take your advice on the glue on the envelopes.
Also, what's happening now is that there are programs available for babies if people want to start an education savings grant or a learning bond for their baby at birth. That's why it has become much more interesting for parents, or grandparents--or whoever--to have a social insurance number, because you need one of those in order to benefit from those programs. That's why it has become necessary--not just for the first job, but also early on in life when you can start investing for the post-secondary education of a child.