The airline industry says Ottawa is currently working on a "no fly" list in an effort to keep potential terrorists off domestic flights.

A Globe and Mail report says The Canadian Security Intelligence Service would provide the list of people considered a security risk to the airlines.

The list would be used exclusively for domestic flights which require less documentation than international flights. It would be distributed in printed or electronic form to airline agents who check passengers' tickets.

According to the Globe, Transport Canada has assured the industry that the list will be small.

Transport Canada spokeswoman Vanessa Vermette would not confirm that a no-fly list is being planned. Since the new Public Safety Act was passed, she said the government has "an expanded capacity to request and use passenger information in order to protect public security."

Warren Everson, the vice-president of policy for the Air Transport Association of Canada, said Transport Canada informed his group in May that they would be compelled to implement the list.

Everson said Transport Canada wants airline employees to hand a pamphlet to people kept off flights saying they can write to the Minister of Transport for an explanation.

Everson said his group is concerned about the safety of its airline employees who may be forced to stop a potential terrorist from boarding a flight.

He says he wants to have a stronger police force to back them up when they have to tell a passenger they are not welcome on a flight. He said Transport Canada has so far denied this request.

The United States has a no-fly list with thousands of names on it. Local police are called when a passenger is barred from boarding a flight.

That list is not without problems. Last month, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy told a Senate committee hearing that his name was placed on the no-fly list and he was barred several times from commercial flights.