Canada - 1000 airport uniforms missing

[White Cap]

06.12.2004 - 05:30

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's transport minister has launched a probe into the disappearance of airport uniforms and badges and demanded a report into the security breach by Monday, Canadian media have reported.

CBC television reported that one thousand uniforms and security badges were missing from federal airport
screeners in 89 airports across the country during the first nine months of 2004.

Federal Transport Minister Jean Lapierre ordered a probe by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and
will receive a report on Monday. Lapierre said Jacques Duchesneau, president of the Canadian Air Transport
Security Authority, will make public the results of the investigation.

The minister alerted Canada's airport screeners to double-check airport employee identification in all 89 airports
and said Canadians have nothing to worry about at this moment. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, Ottawa
invested billions of dollars (billions of pounds) to improve airport security, although Americans often view Canada's
airport security as lax.

"Transport Canada is issuing a notice to all concerned Canadian airport operators requesting they remind airport
employees of the need to be vigilant both at airport entry points and on an ongoing basis in their workplace," the
Minister said in a statement on Saturday.

Cheers,
White Cap

[eagle]

Americans are complaining about lax Canadian security?! Have they checked their own security yet? The U.S. wants to start a system similar to the one used here in Germany.

[eT]

Americans are complaining about lax Canadian security?! Have they checked their own security yet?

the longest security checks one gets in the US ... and afterward one never feels secure!

eT

[PMI-01]

Canadian security checks are good. The checking is throurough, they even handcheck the children`s board cases. At least they have a real security check, something that`s badly missing here on PMI.

[dD]

Canadian security checks are good. The checking is throurough, they even handcheck the children`s board cases. At least they have a real security check, something that`s badly missing here on PMI.

I have benn in Canada in 1998 and came back on Friday, at the weekend before Eastern. This day was very very crowded at the Airport.
I came into the Plane (a Air Canada !! B747) without a security check and without a stamp in my passport.
I only had to show the Passport at check in.

But, of course it was long before 9-11.