Yep, just as the headline says. Orwell, anyone?
The disgusting part is the thing’s name: “The Passenger Protect[sic] program”. The programme, as outlined in CBC’s article, protects no-one — it simply denies entry to people who have brought themselves to the unwelcome attention of the federal government. Hijackers and suicide bombers who have not yet identified themselves as such are somewhat unlikely to be identified by any screening programme.
A better idea might be to issue fighting knives to all passengers and allow them to take care of matters themselves — but of course that requires us to take immediate and personal responsibility for our own security, rather than simply clamouring for the government to pass more laws and pretending that we’re all safer for it.
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