Mr. Speaker, I am also opposed to a national identity card.
Recently, for example, a computer hard drive belonging to an insurance company and credit union in Regina was stolen. The company called its clients to tell them, “check your bank balance, because some money might be missing”.
Imagine if people had a card with all their personal information. If they lost their card, what might happen? It might fall into the hand of people who, with today's technology, would be able to decode all the information in the card. This offends the principle of privacy.
What does the member think of this kind of card containing all an individual's, a Canadian's, personal information and the right to privacy in Canada?