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Transport Minister Lisa Raitt: Canadian Air Transport Security Authority

Canadian Air Transport Security Authority: After Transport Minister Lisa Raitt slammed CATSA on Wednesday, saying the four-day delay in contacting the RCMP was unacceptable, a spokesperson for the security authority said screening officers should have reacted differently to the Sept. 20, 2013 incident, according to CTV. Corrective actions have been taken and those involved in the incident were disciplined and required to take additional training. We have also updated screening officers training material across the country and put more emphasis on our procedures, he said and The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says it should have called the RCMP sooner after discovering a pipe bomb inside a carry-on bag belonging to a passenger who was still allowed to board his flight out of Edmonton last fall. After a full review, CATSA concluded that the RCMP should have been contacted earlier in the process as per our procedures, Mathieu Larocque said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.