Elizabeth Strecker of Abbotsford British Columbia did what many Canadians do around the Holiday season, she did some traveling to spend time with her family.

On January 4th 2011 she was at the Calgary airport for her return flight back to Abbotsford. The airport security asked her to go threw the full body scanner and she complied. But there was a problem.

Elizabeth Strecker is a cancer survivor and wears a prosthetic breast. Which showed up on the scan. A security guard then asked her to raise her arms (something that she cannot comfortably do with her left arm since the surgery). According to Strecker: "The arm is full of fluid. I don't know why but it doesn't drain and is very painful." But security did not want to listen to that and insisted that she raise her arms.

She then used her right arm to lift the left one. But it was so painful that I cried, she said. With many people around it was quite an humiliating experience.

Are we all so full of fear that this kind of practice has become acceptable? Not only to put and 82 year old cancer survivor threw an unsafe full body scanner, but to humiliate her and put her threw pain!

What has happened to common sense? Why would any airport security she this woman as a threat? Why are we just blindly following the patterns of the TSA in America? The TSA scans and does it's enhanced pat downs on everyone. Seniors, children, and everyday people.

Is this all really worth it? Is it keeping us Canadians safer or is it just humiliating and demoralizing everyday Canadians?

According to the Sudbury Star a 15 year old girl was violated when she was forced to publicly have a full body pat-down at the Greater Sudbury Airport.

The key section of the article says:
"I asked them if they could take me instead and they said no. I asked if they at least could do it in private, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES."

Full article HERE

What makes this section of the article so important is that a few hours later a CBC news article came out titled: No U.S.-style pat-downs here: Strahl
"Travellers coming through Canadian airports won't have to worry that they will face public pat-downs like those happening in the U.S., Transport Minister Chuck Strahl promised Wednesday.

Privacy screens and booths are being installed at airports throughout Canada, which will give people the option of being screened in private, Strahl told reporters in Ottawa."

Full article HERE


This is clearly a one, two punch by the main stream media, to get Canadians to accept the horrid TSA style pat downs. The first article paints the picture of a shy 15 year old girl that was humiliated by the airport security, and that having a private room to do that in would have greatly helped. Nothing about how the nazi style pat downs are direct breaches of our rights, or that they should not be happening in the first place.

In the second article They do not say that they will not conduct the invasive pat downs, or that these types of "random" searches are direct violations of our rights. Only that they will give an option to do it in private. Where there is no witnesses or camera's to prove or disprove what happens during the search.

Canadian officials have been watching the revolt against the TSA tyrannical pat downs, and have decided to try and look like the good guys. Don't worry everyone we are not like those evil TSA guys. We will take you into a private room where you are totally defenseless to conduct these illegal searches. And don't worry we are not incrementally heading into a police state. You can trust us!!!