Canada steps away from online redress system, but 'No Fly List Kids' parents still waiting
Canada could implement a redress system as early as spring of 2018 to make it easier for children and adults falsely flagged as security threats to get past extra airport security checks when their names match those of people on no-fly lists.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale described the future system at a town hall on national security Saturday afternoon in Markham, Ont., which he attended along with Health Minister Jane Philpott and Immigration Minister John McCallum, both MPs in Markham ridings.
Speaking to reporters outside the cafeteria of Markham District High School, Goodale pointed to the American redress model, which provides a redress number to "false-positives" on the list that can be entered online anytime they make a booking to avoid additional screening.
"That's the way the Canadian system should work," the public safety minister said, adding that once implemented, Canada's system will be interactive, automatic and done entirely online.
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