New rules apply for children who arrive at at the airport without proper identification, and if they don’t have them, they risk being turned away at the boarding gate. Parents are faced with stricter security measures at the start of the summer vacation. Children aged 12 to 18 are required to have a passport or other government-issued photo identification, under new regulations that take effect today.

Until Sept. 18, those who don’t have photo ID can board a plane with two pieces of non-photo government-issued ID such as a health card or birth certificate. According to Transport Canada, those without necessary ID will be reviewed on a “case-by-case basis.”
Previously, children under 16 did not have to show ID.

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