This number is the magic key to your identity

Update: 2025-07-25

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Social insurance numbers are like snowflakes. No two are alike. That's what makes them so valuable to the wrong kind of people. So if SINs are so important to hold close, why are we asked to share them so often?

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What's creative destruction? Buckle up. We're living through it

2025-10-1728:08

Why do booze-free drinks cost nearly as much as the real thing? (And other mysteries solved!)

2025-10-1029:11

If the U.S. is remaking the rules, where does that leave Canada?

2025-10-0329:16

Ireland supercharged its economy by slashing taxes. Should Canada do the same?

2025-09-1929:21

Why companies aren’t going public anymore

2025-09-1227:25

Split up? In this economy?!

2025-09-0527:35

From the archives: Your questions about the economy

2025-08-2929:07

Has Canada's EV dream stalled?

2025-08-2229:14

Why hasn't the tariff apocalypse happened?

2025-08-1528:35

Should Canada join the EU?

2025-08-0829:14

Rob Carrick on 3 decades of writing about personal finance

2025-08-0129:17

This number is the magic key to your identity

2025-07-2528:26

Do you know where your retirement savings are? (Encore)

2025-07-1827:58

Here comes the sun (Encore)

2025-07-1128:00

Is Canada pulling back too much on immigration? (Encore)

2025-07-0428:49

How do Americans feel about the trade war — and Canada?

2025-06-2729:32

Why your SIN is gold for cyberthieves

2025-06-2129:03

Why 'build, baby build' won't be enough to fix housing

2025-06-1328:54

Wait. What!? Canada had a car company?

2025-06-0729:03

Is Canada recession ready?

2025-05-3027:43

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This number is the magic key to your identity

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This number is the magic key to your identity

This number is the magic key to your identity