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marred by the heritable-by-some-mechanism-never-fully-elucidated sin that you humans are worried about.

Sorry but you are wrong there - the mechanism to acquire a sin is clearly documented here. They even keep a SIN record - which is why Canadians are always so nice to everyone. ;-)

Here in Canada, we've phased out the penny, and are in the process of phasing out printed cheques for government payments. Curious to see how long it will take for physical cash in its entirety to make its way into obsolescence, thus opening the gates for controlled/monitored transactions...

Just a note that women - or more specifically "the biological mother who is unable to work because she is pregnant or has recently given birth" can receive an additional 15 weeks of Maternity leave.

You should look into the Web Experience Toolkit: https://github.com/wet-boew/wet-boew/.

The Web Experience Toolkit is an open source framework for developping Web sites that was created by the Canadian government, and is now developped by a community that spans various levels of government, the private sector and the open source community. It integrates with various CMSs, including Drupal (https://github.com/wet-boew/wet-boew-drupal) and WordPress (https://github.com/wet-boew/wet-boew-wordpress). This gives you the flexibility of using whatever platform suits your needs to host your site. It also allows you to create themes to adapt the layout and visual look and feel to your needs and branding and uses responsive Web design to make sites mobile-friendly.

You can see the various components of the Web Experience Toolkit in action on the Working Examples page: http://wet-boew.github.com/wet-boew/demos/index-eng.html. You can also see the responsive views in action using the responsive emulator: http://wet-boew.github.com/wet-boew/test/responsive-emulator.html.

For examples of Web sites currently using the Web Experience Toolkit, see:
Industry Canada: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/icgc.nsf/eng/home
Service Canada: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml
Get Cyber Safe: http://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx
City of Ottawa: https://ottawa.ca/en
Open Source Alliance of Canada: http://www.osacan.org/

Citation needed.

Up here in Canada, employment insurance currently maxes out at $485 per week. That's taxed, of course, so what you actually get comes out to something slightly over $1600/mo.

If you live in the middle of nowhere and own your property, that might possibly be comfortable. Maybe. For some definition of comfortable. $DEITY help you if you live in an urban area though, and you rent or have a mortgage, or have dependents.

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/about/reports/sin/cop/section2.shtml
section 2.2 states clearly that if it has nothing to do with income the requestor is under no legal obligation to request it, thus you'r under no legal obligation to divulge it.
next time some asks for it (in canada anyway) tell them to go ****.

In Canada a lot of places will ask for a SSN but it's not required. It's even technically illegal to ask in many situations, I believe.

For more information on this topic, see here. To quote:

A private-sector organization cannot make clients provide their SIN as a condition for receiving a product or service, unless there is a legal requirement for the SIN.

As an example, banks are required, by law, to request a SIN from individuals holding interest-paying accounts. In addition, employers are required to request a SIN for various reasons (tax purposes, verifying employment status, etc). Furthermore, any business that does collect SINs must comply with specific laws about privacy protections.

In short: Canada may do a lot of things wrong, but if there's one thing we've done pretty well to date, it's protecting privacy.

I have lived in Canada almost my entire life and first off a) there is no SSN. There is something called a Social Insurance Number which serves a similar purpose; and b) I have never been asked for my SIN for a cell phone contract. Revenue Canada has a website that tells you when you should and should not provide your SIN:
Who can ask for my SIN and when don't I have to provide my SIN?
Critically:
Here are examples of when you don't have to give your Social Insurance Number or show your card:
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11. subscribing to long-distance or cellular telephone services
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I'm pretty sure that in Canada they would ask you for a SIN and not a SSN.

In Canada although it is not illegal for merchands to ask for your Social Insurance Number you are not legally required to give it. If they refuse the sale, you can make a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

A few things you have to keep in mind about Canada.

Different provinces will have different regulations and systems when it comes to work, health care, education, taxes and driving laws. Cost of living will also vary depending on provinces.

Don't bother with recruiters much (send them your resume but keep it at that), they suck and usually won't bother dealing with you unless they have a position to fill immediately.

A lot of jobs are known through word of mouth, so try to link up with people.

"Canadian experience" is a bitch. Some employers will get stuck up on it. What will definitely help is anything that will show stability and dedication. You might have to get a lower "entry level" job to start with, however once you get it you'll be easily promoted higher up. And of course already holding a job will make you more employable.

On that line, keep your resume simple and only list the most recent things and the work experience that matters. 2 page max, preferably 1 page.

You should check http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/ it will give you an idea of services from the federal government.

If they report it as a firing, then you are entitled to EI. All the better for the employee. They don't usually give you EI if you quit. Unless you have good reasons such as excessive stress for leaving. I don't see how it would be a disadvantage to be fired, when if you're leaving on that short notice, you're probably not expecting a good reference.

If they report it as a firing, then you are entitled to EI. All the better for the employee. They don't usually give you EI if you quit. Unless you have good reasons such as excessive stress for leaving. I don't see how it would be a disadvantage to be fired, when if you're leaving on that short notice, you're probably not expecting a good reference.