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giving them a warrant to search whomever they want?

In Canada we are starting to have more security measures, albeit not to the extremes that appear in the United States in a time of media induced homeland paranoia.

Where I live we rely on the ferries to get to the mainland, so the news item below is of local concern.

BC Ferries to Screen Passengers
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/
story/2007/04/04/bc-ferries.html
Tougher security measures will start to take effect at BC Ferries terminals next year — including random screening of passengers and vehicles, says a senior company official.

BC Ferries Clarifies Security Plans
in The Vancouver Sun
April 4, 2004
B.C. Ferries is not planning to put in a complete screening system, including full searches of all vehicles and passengers. But he said that's always an option in the event that a terrorist action takes place.