Security Layoffs at Pearson Airport: Worries of Longer Lines

Toronto Star Article on Effects of Airport Security Cuts Implemented by Harper Government

January 12, 2012

OTTAWA—Almost 300 security screeners are being laid off at Pearson International Airport, a move that is sparking worries about longer lines for passengers and raising questions about safety, the Star has learned.

Transport Minister Denis Lebel has been warned that cutting the ranks of security screeners by almost 20 per cent at Canada’s busiest airport will have a direct impact on service — perhaps even aviation security.

“The reduction of hours has the potential of compromising the safety and security of the travelling public,” Toronto lawyer Denis Ellickson wrote Lebel on Tuesday.

Source: Toronto Star

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