> Washington and Pennsylvania. Canada's privacy commissioner has raised=20 > fears about what American authorities will do with the information they=20 > gather about airline passengers. But the airlines had no choice, or they=20 > would be barred from the U.S. This forced them to scramble to meet the=20 > changes. Doesn't the Canadian government have anything better to do with its time than worry about what the big, bad U.S. government will do with personal information on passengers THAT IT HAS ALREADY. This is all stuff that is on your passport! Why is Air Canada making such a big deal out of this change anyway? The so-called "fears" are particularly ironic in light of the utterly callous disregard for Canadians privacy evidenced by the two recent anti-terror laws passed by Parliament here. > By 2003, Washington wants to force all airlines to=20 > use electronic equipment to check bags for bombs. Industry analysts call=20 > the plan ambitious and expensive =96 one that would require manufacturing=20 > thousands of machines and reinforcing airport floors to accommodate the=20 > extra weight. It's not clear where the estimated $8 billion US will come=20 > from to pay for the upgraded security. Hmm...quite. Evan McElravy emcelr@po-box.mcgill.ca http://users.penn.com/~cpa1/