Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a return to oral question asked by Mr. Erasmus on February 6th regarding drivers' licence photographs. On Thursday, February 6th, the Member for Yellowknife North asked about the Department of Transportation practice of retaining a duplicate of the photograph used in photo ID drivers' licenses. The Department of Transportation introduced photo ID drivers' licenses in April of 1991. For the first few years, the second photograph was not retained. The practice was changed in 1994 for better security in replacing lost or stolen drivers' licenses. The department found that people could too easily obtain false photo ID drivers' licenses or age-of-majority cards by claiming to have lost their license and then presenting someone else's birth certificate or health care card as proof of their identity. Retaining the second photograph on file makes it possible to establish a positive identification of the person who comes to the motor vehicle office asking for a new document. This is especially important for these documents which, because of the photograph, are widely used as proof of identity. False identity documents can be used for fraudulent and criminal purposes. The motor vehicles division retains the photograph solely for identification purposes and strictly within the motor vehicles division. As with any documents issued or received by the motor vehicles division, its files are confidential and subject to the privacy provision of the Motor Vehicles Act and the Access to Information and Protection and Privacy Act. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.
Jim Antoine on Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Return To Question 256-13(4): Drivers' Licence Photographs
Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions
Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions
February 24th, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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