Canada's Saskatchewan Government Insurance, which operates auto insurance and driver's licensing programmes in the country's Saskatchewan province, is extending its deadline by two weeks for vendors interested in submitting a proposal for facial recognition services.SGI has been seeking vendors for proposals for driver's licence and identification card production services, to improve identity management and prevent fraud or abuse of the system. Originally vendors had until 13 February – but this has been extended by 14 days.”People that aren't supposed to be on the road, so somebody with a suspended licence, it will keep them from being able to obtain a duplicate licence,” said SGI spokesperson Kelley Brinkworth, reported Global News Canada.http://globalnews.ca/news/1835783/sgi-extends-deadline-for-facial-recognition-proposals/SGi has a five-year contract for driver's licence production which expires at the end of March 2016. Currently, only Quebec and Saskatchewan do not currently use facial recognition software in provincial driver's licensing programmes.
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