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Diane Ablonczy: Airport Security

Federal Government Dept: The government is providing free downloads that contain some information that is available elsewhere, such as what objects can be brought onto a plane, but also incorporates information from other websites, such as border wait times and airport security wait times, and bundles it all into one portal, according to CBC. Ablonczy said the new mobile application, called Travel Smart, will provide travellers with information through Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds and email updates and canadian travellers now have a selection of mobile apps for their smartphones and tablets that will give them useful trip information in one package, courtesy of the federal government. At Toronto's island aiport Friday, Diane Ablonczy, minister of state for Foreign Affairs Americas and Consular Affairs , announced the launch of a newly revamped website, travel.gc.ca, as Canada's official "one-stop shop" for international travel information. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.