a no-fly list for canada

No fly for you

Did you know that Canada is planning on starting up its own U.S.-style no-fly list? Well, it is, according to Transport Minister Jean Lapierre. At least one person is concerned: Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says the plan "represents a serious incursion into the rights of travellers in Canada, rights of privacy and rights of freedom of movement." (CBC)

Maybe Stoddart has heard something about how well the no-fly list is working in the States, where "hundreds, if not thousands" of innocent people are repeatedly "detained, interrogated, delayed, embarrassed, humiliated in front of other passengers," according to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on Tuesday. (CNN)