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No-Fly List Sharing With U.S. Sparks Concerns About Children Caught In Web

The Canadian Press, 08 May, 2016 11:23 AM
    OTTAWA — The mother of an Ontario boy who has put up with many unsettling airport delays says a Canada-U.S. plan to share no-fly lists must include safeguards to ensure children won't become entangled in an international security web.
     
    Khadija Cajee's six-year-old son Adam had trouble boarding an Air Canada flight to Boston with his father Dec. 31 to see the NHL Winter Classic.
     
    A check-in counter computer showed the boy's name with a "DHP" or "deemed high profile" label and instructions on how to proceed before allowing the youngster to check in.
     
     
    Soon after, it became clear dozens of other Canadian families were experiencing the same sort of headaches due to false security-list matches.
     
    Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale promised to investigate, and officials on both sides of the border are working on a plan resolve the errors.
     
    An update on the plan could come within days and Khadija says families look forward to "a more efficient and just system" because — at the moment — if someone's name is on the list there is no redress mechanism.

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