Canada Launches Air Cargo Security Plan

(Journal of Commerce Online)

Government expects 100% shipment screening in five years

Canada will phase in 100% screening of air cargo under a new program that will include some US$90 million of funding to improve security for shipping at the country’s airports.

Canadian Transport Minister John Baird said the program would also include training for companies on how to watch for security lapses in the supply chain, X-ray scanning and the addition of bomb-sniffing dogs. “We must remember that terrorism is not just something that happens somewhere else to someone else," Baird said in announcing the program at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Read more here.