7,500 flagged employees cleared into Canada’s airports: The enforcement crisis no one owns

7,500 flagged employees cleared into Canada’s airports: The enforcement crisis no one owns EDITORIAL 27 MAY 2026 i Every agency has a defensible excuse. None of them add up to an accountable system EDITORIAL BOARD ARTICLE SUMMARY KEY STATS Over five years, Transport Canada approved more than 7,500 flagged employees into restricted areas at Canada’s four largest airports. One of them, Parmpal Sidhu—identified in a 2012 intelligence document as the leader of an international drug trafficking ring operating through Pearson—kept his security clearance for another decade, long enough to be charged…