DeFacto Digital Identity

Many people have been musing for a long time about who will provide the essential digital credential to keep our business and consumer way of life humming into the online future (present?). Here's a hint: "plus ca change, plus c'est parail." The Toronto Star is carrying a story today about what's going on at Ontario Drivers Licensing (Stricter ID for licences on way). Short piece; primary pull-out:

Stricter requirements will help "ensure the identity of individuals applying for a driver's licence," Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar said in a release yesterday.

The new measures, which come into effect Jan. 23, mean drivers will need two pieces of identification to get a licence. Acceptable identification includes passports, immigration documents, Ontario Heath Cards and Canadian and U.S. birth certificates and driver's licences.