Parents hopeful about federal budget funding for no-fly list fix
OTTAWA — Parents of children who keep running into no-fly list snags at the airport say they have new hope the problem will be addressed in the coming federal budget.
A representative of the group known as the No Fly List Kids has been invited to a stakeholders’ lockup in Ottawa on budget day Feb. 27.
Families from the group came to Ottawa in November to make their case to MPs and ministers with the aim of ensuring that funding for a new computer system to end the glitches is included in the budget.
The group has enlisted support from MPs of all stripes who have written letters to encourage Finance Minister Bill Morneau to ensure the money is allocated.