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Transport Canada is following in the footsteps of the U.S. by no longer requiring travellers to remove their shoes at airport security.Photo by Postmedia Network files
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Canada is following suit with the United States on ending a pesky airport security measure.
On Tuesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that Transport Security Administration (TSA) personnel will no longer require travellers to remove their shoes while going through airport security.
“We want to improve this travel experience, while maintaining safety standards and making sure that we are keeping people safe,” Noem said Tuesday during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport just outside of Washington, D.C.
She said the new policy would be rolled out immediately.
In an email to Postmedia, Transport Canada confirmed they would also be lifting similar policies in Canada.
The policy was enacted in 2006 after failed shoe bomber Richard Reid unsuccessfully attempted to detonate an explosive-laden shoe on board an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami.
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