Soon possible to travel by plane with cannabis

AFP

Valerie Gamache

Monday, 25 September, 2017 18:04

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Monday, 25 September, 2017 18:09

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Marijuana will not be legalized in Canada before July of next year, but it will be possible to carry around with you in the plane without fear of the police as early as next week.

In a newsletter that the Administration canadian air transport security authority (CATSA) has passed on to his front-line supervisors, including TVA has obtained a copy, we read “that, beginning in October 2017, a report to the police will only be made in the following circumstances: upon abandonment of marijuana at the point of control and when the discovery of large quantities of marijuana (that is to say, who do not seem to take in a bag of 1L)”.

CATSA, which is the agency that oversees the searching of baggage at the arrival in the airports of Canada, confirmed his decision by saying have consulted with several organizations, including Transport Canada.

The agency is also justified by the presence of marijuana for medical purposes in the luggage of more Canadians.

“There is an exponential increase in the number of discoveries or representations of cannabis prescribed for medical purposes, which makes increasingly difficult the work of the agents of control when it comes time to distinguish between the cannabis-legal, illegal, and may be smuggling,” said Suzanne Perseo, a spokesperson for CATSA.

Under the cover of anonymity, agents uneasy to close her eyes told TVA News have tried to ask questions to understand the decision. A few days of the entry into force of the new directive, they have still not received a response.

“The law is the law”

The office of the minister of Transport of Canada, Marc Garneau, said that he was satisfied that CATSA makes every effort to ensure the highest level of security in the airports in the country.

In relation to cannabis, it is added that “the law is the law until it is amended and we expect fully that CATSA and all the Crown corporations are consistent with this position.”