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Body scanners coming to Canadian airports

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/...t.html?ref=rss

Dozens of body scanners will be installed in Canadian airports to comply with new U.S. security protocols, the federal government confirmed Tuesday.

Rob Merrifield, minister of state for transport, said 44 scanners ordered on Tuesday will be used on passengers selected for secondary screening at Canadian airports.

CBC News has confirmed that the machines, which can scan through clothing, be installed in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.

The system, tested over the last year in British Columbia at the Kelowna Airport, allows a screening officer to see whether someone is carrying plastic explosives or other dangerous items.





The plan to use the technology has stirred controversy because the scanner produces a three-dimensional outline of a person's naked body.

Privacy concerns addressed
Chantal Bernier, the assistant privacy commissioner, said in October the national air-security agency had successfully answered her office's questions about the project. Under the plan approved by the privacy chief, the officer would view the image in a separate room and never see the actual traveller.

Boy this is a relief. There has been so many terrorists fly from Canada to the US ! Oh ya that's right there hasn't been any.