Ottawa Eyes Charging Airport Security With Vaccine Verification for Travellers

Travellers, who are not affected by new quarantine rules, arrive at Terminal 3 at Pearson Airport in Toronto on February 22, 2021. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

OTTAWA—Airport security agents may soon be screening more than your luggage.

The federal government is mulling handing responsibility for verifying passengers’ vaccination status to airport officers, rather than airlines —which hope to skip the headache.