Critics raise alarms over Canada's no-fly list
CBC Mon, 18 Jun 2007 4:19 AM PDT
Canada's no-fly list comes into effect Monday as privacy advocates warn checking airline passengers' names against those of potential security threats could lead to abuses.Critics raise alarms over Canada's no-fly list
CBC via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 18 Jun 2007 1:01 AM PDT
Canada's no-fly list comes into effect Monday as transportation experts and privacy advocates warn that checking domestic airline passengers' names against a list of people deemed to be potential threats could lead to abuses.'No-fly' list could blacklist innocents: critics
CTV.ca Sun, 17 Jun 2007 6:53 PM PDT
Canada's no-fly list takes effect on Monday, and the anti-terror move has at least one human rights group warning it could create another Maher Arar-like case.Biometric data could be linked to names on list
Vancouver Province Mon, 18 Jun 2007 0:27 AM PDT
OTTAWA -- The federal government has not ruled out eventually linking Canada's new no-fly list with technology that identifies travellers by biological features such as eye patterns or even DNA, says Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon.
Canada's No-fly list takes to the skies today and the media is full of reporting on what are seen as the program's many shortcomings:
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