at airport security and border screening checkpoints. Passengers say they have been forced to wait for hours, resulting in missed flights.
While some attribute the delays to enduring pandemic-related vaccine mandate screening and randomized COVID-19 testing, others argue it’s due mainly to staffing shortages at the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority .
“CATSA is currently experiencing the pent-up demand for air travel occasioned by the pandemic. This follows two tumultuous years that resulted in a significant number of layoffs throughout the aviation industry, including the security-screening workforce,” Saunders said. "It is absolutely irresponsible of the federal government to let the situation stand as it is" said Mark Weber, CIU National President.
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