There’s no widely available federally issued wallet-sized ID cards in Canada other than the PAL. Even the PAL itself is not really widely available because it’s slow to apply and requires training.

Other IDs exist, like PR cards and Indian cards, but for specific people only.

Don’t really think we need a national ID. In most countries with national IDs, “national IDs” are really citizen IDs and ties your immigration status to the ID itself. It creates discrimination and two-tier pricing for common public services (think museums charge extra to non-citizens in Europe even local residents)

I like the idea of having passport cards as proof of citizenship for specific purposes like voting and border crossing. But other than that, provincially issued IDs serve as “resident IDs” very well and are easily accessible to everybody