Better Late Than Never, I Suppose

The final report into the Air India mess was released today. Heck, it's only been a quarter of a century since it happened. So what have we learned?

Our National Security Forces (CSIS and the RCMP) bungled their investigation and weren't working together well enough to deal with information they had before the event. Not much has changed since then, apparently. Obviously, turf wars are more important than the safety of the public.

Airport and airline security is still missing the mark, as it was then.

What's likely to happen? Well, the report's 3000 pages will certainly be sitting on some dusty shelf in Ottawa. I can't imagine that any Canadian government will have the guts to deal with CSIS or the RCMP. It's also more likely that the traveling public will be subjected to more nonsense like removing their shoes and not being allowed to take baby bottles and small containers of water on board. Oh, and no toothpaste either and don't forget the total body scans. There, that should make everyone feel safer.