In Canada, your mother's maiden name is used for every kind of
  security imaginable from credit cards to access to the privy council
  as far as I can tell. I encounter it everywhere I go and for me it
  recalls some rather painful memories related to her death. I think
  that they just believe in motherhood. I had a super mother who was
  100% Canadian as they say here tue blue. -- Paul.
 
> The advertising issue is only one concern.
>
> Did anyone skim through the subscription form?  At the bottom of this
> form is a space requesting the applicant's mother's maiden name.  Under
> this space is an alleged explanation that Syllabus Press must have
> this information for further subscription verification, and the declaration
> that Syllabus Press will not process applications which exclude this
> information.
>
> Since when must a publisher have an applicant's mother's maiden name
> to process a subscription application?  Perhaps Brian from Canada might
> wish to file a complaint concerning questionable business practices with
> the appropriate agency.
>
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Dr. Paul S. di Virgilio,  University of Toronto  [log in to unmask]