Canada: Be patient, Ottawa tells families caught up in no-fly list
Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale says the govt is working to resolve ongoing airport hassles children face due to security snags — and passing a federal bill now before Parliament is the first step. Families from the group known as the No Fly List Kids came to Ottawa Monday with the aim of ensuring that funding for a new computer system to fix the problem is included in the 2018 federal budget. Parents of children who have repeatedly endured nerve-racking airport delays because a youngster’s name matches one on a no-fly list say the federal legislation will do nothing in the short term to ease their woes. The legislation, part of a broad package of security-related measures, would also allow federal officials to electronically screen air passenger information against the list, a process currently in the hands of airlines. <br/>
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Canada: Be patient, Ottawa tells families caught up in no-fly list
Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale says the govt is working to resolve ongoing airport hassles children face due to security snags — and passing a federal bill now before Parliament is the first step. Families from the group known as the No Fly List Kids came to Ottawa Monday with the aim of ensuring that funding for a new computer system to fix the problem is included in the 2018 federal budget. Parents of children who have repeatedly endured nerve-racking airport delays because a youngster’s name matches one on a no-fly list say the federal legislation will do nothing in the short term to ease their woes. The legislation, part of a broad package of security-related measures, would also allow federal officials to electronically screen air passenger information against the list, a process currently in the hands of airlines. <br/>
