Canada: No U.S.-style pat-downs here

[marmar]

from CBC News:



Travellers coming through Canadian airports won't have to worry that they will face public pat-downs like those happening in the U.S., Transport Minister Chuck Strahl promised Wednesday.

Privacy screens and booths are being installed at airports throughout Canada, which will give people the option of being screened in private, Strahl told reporters in Ottawa.

"It's a completely separate system and what you are seeing on YouTube are American examples of pretty provocative pat-downs that (don't) exist in Canada," he said.

As for the controversial body scanners that, along with the pat-downs, are sparking protest among American travellers, Strahl said Canada uses a different technology than the X-rays used in the U.S.

"A lot of travellers are concerned about the amount of radiation, (but) a different body scanner is here in Canada that actually bounces off the body and doesn't have a concern to the travelling public now," he said. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/24/airport-screening-strahl.html#ixzz16FHGH48K

[montanacowboy]

1. Imagine that

a country with sense and universal health care

[AlabamaLibrul]

2. Can we at least finally have Canadian-style health care? We'll trade! n/t