Privacy czars want condition on new IDs

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VICTORIA — Personal information about Canadian drivers must stay in the country as plans are developed to introduce high-tech driver's licences in Canada that will be accepted as identification at U.S. border crossings, Canada's privacy commissioners said yesterday.

The commissioners issued a joint statement that called on Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments participating in the so-called enhanced driver's licence programs to ensure the personal information of participating drivers stays in Canada.

The commissioners also said they continue to voice their opposition to any plans to introduce national identity cards and systems.

British Columbia and the federal government reached an agreement last month to start issuing the enhanced driver's licences on a trial basis. Ontario is examining a similar licensing program.

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Shove it. A drivers licence is for driving. That's it. Period.