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Feds tweak verified traveller program

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 May, 2023 04:35 PM
  • Feds tweak verified traveller program

The federal government has tweaked its verified traveller program in order to speed up the process of clearing security at airports.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says the government will launch dedicated security screening lines at six of the country's biggest airports between June 7th and 21st.

Eligible passengers, including Nexus members, won't have to take their shoes off and can keep their laptops and liquids in their bags instead of putting them onto the X-ray conveyor belt.   

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