Why on earth was this posted to the Vanagon list??????

Date:    Thu, 3 Feb 2000 13:14:10 -0500
From:    LAWS HOME <backintime@TRITON.NET>
Subject: off topic-lawyer needed?

I have an aquaintance here in town who visited Canada last summer and
unfortunately while there she went in to labor and had her baby  a month
prematurely. The dilema is that she is trying to file her tax return and
she
needs a social security # , the U.S. says "we need to see a birth
certificate" so she calls the hospitol in Canada and they tell her,  "
we
need a social security # to give you a birth certificate" What the hell
is
going on here? Is there any list members who are familiar with the
procedure
for getting a social security # in Canada? It sounds like a fight
between
countries for the "citizenship " of this 6 month old baby! How
ridiculous...what is this world coming too? Any help would be
appreciated.
Tom