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I mentioned the Canadian No-Fly list last October. Unfortunately, it has materialized and is coming into effect shortly.

This CBC article is reassuringly critical, calling into question the government’s unsupported statements that “it works”, pointing out obvious flaws (using a fake ID bypasses the whole thing), and points out the potential to inconvenience — or worse; see Maher Arar — innocent people.

I wish we weren’t becoming more like the US every day. (Although I like our dollar being so high… *grin*).

Updated: Michael Geist points out that the Privacy Commissioners have called to suspend this list.

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