Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are working to minimize the impacts of the postal service disruption.
Les ministères, les sociétés d’État et les organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan travaillent à réduire au minimum les répercussions de l’interruption des services postaux.
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Released on March 6, 2008
Saskatchewan birth certificates will have a new look for the first time in 25 years. The Ministry of Health, on the recommendation of the Vital Statistics Council of Canada, is introducing a new and more secure birth certificate.
Birth certificates are used to obtain other forms of government-issued identification, including drivers' licenses, health cards and passports.
"The current birth certificate was designed in the early 1980s, based on the security requirements of that time," Health Minister Don McMorris said. "Modern trends in technology, identity theft, tampering and counterfeiting have made a more secure document necessary."
To ensure document integrity, the new birth certificate contains numerous security features some of which are used in Canadian currency. The new document is also sized to discourage individuals from carrying their birth certificate in their wallet or purse, where it is at increased risk of loss or theft.
"No matter how sophisticated the security features are, the best way to keep your birth certificate secure is to store it somewhere safe," McMorris said.
The new birth certificate will be available starting Monday, March 10. It will replace the current wallet and framing size certificate formats; however, those documents remain valid as forms of identification. People holding earlier versions of the Saskatchewan birth certificate are not required to replace those certificates.
For additional information on the new birth certificates, contact Health Registration and Vital Statistics in Regina at 306-787-3251 or toll-free at 1-800-667-7551.
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For more information, contact:
Andrew Dinsmore
Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
Email: adinsmore@health.gov.sk.ca
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