How much airport security is too much?

Long waits in line are the price we must pay to avoid a disastrous attack.

Travellers move through Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Security screening at airports has increased dramatically in the years since the 9/11 terror attacks. Photograph by Dan Zen, courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

August 20, 2018

OTTAWA—Is there any less desirable way to travel these days than by air? Long lineups everywhere, intrusive searches, the delicate dance of holding up your pants while shuffling (since you have to remove your belt before you pass through the scanner), trying to figure out what 100 ml of liquid ...

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