Canadian "Common" Sense

From The Globe and Mail:
"'Common sense' items allowed on U.S. flights despite list"

I'm not sure that Transport Canada has any real common sense after reading this article. To say that people flying from Montreal to Boston do not need laptops, but those going from Montreal to San Francisco do. For almost a decade we were told not to put laptops in checked-bags because they could get stolen (which doesn't speak highly of those that handle bags at the airports.) Business people would want their computers for work and tourists would want their computers to keep in touch with friends and family.

My sister flew from Toronto through JFK to Washington DC a few years ago and she checked her laptop in her bag. Her bag was lost and she was without her computer for several days.

I do not understand why the Canadians (ie Transport Canada) do not allow carry-ons on flights to the US yet they do allow 14 items from an approved list which they just can't put in a bag (how are they supposed to carry these 14 items without a bag?) It just seems that this list and lack of common sense is based on fear and nothing else. Even the UK allows you to have one carry-on (and before Canada they seemed to be the strictest country in this regard.)

Hopefully, countries (especially the US and Canada) will wake up and realize that they need to come up with real rules that will actually keep people safe rather than just say and do a bunch of things that are pointless.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/common-sense-items-allowed-on-us-flights-despite-list/article1422374/