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Government Identification: Minister Of Housing

Personal Identification Dept: "Personal identification has the effect of empowering people," Alberta's Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Jonathan Denis said in Edmonton, according to CBC. Homeless people will be given the same government identification cards issued to those who don't have a driver's licence. The card costs $12.30, and can be partly paid for by the province's Employment and Immigration department on an individual basis and homeless Albertans will be able to use the address of their shelter to obtain a provincial identification card under a government initiative announced Thursday. "It removes barriers to gaining employment, getting an apartment or setting up a bank account." As reported in the news.
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