If you are used to the US Transportation Security Administration screening process, I have found Canadian and European screeners to be similar or less strict.
For example, shoe removal is not required at Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
In Berlin, the screener had me turn on my camera so she could examine that it was indeed a camera.
One recent annoyance is regarding connecting flights. I usually pack an empty water bottle to fill after passing through security in the US. I have not had issues previously with connecting flights in Germany. However, in France, the airport screener for my connecting flight would not let me take my water bottle through security, and they did not have a place for me to dump the water, either. My choices were to drink it all or to fish out empty water bottles others had discarded (the agent helped me find one or two) and dump the water in them. Since my water bottle is rather large, I had to overcome germaphobia and do a combination of both. Thus be warned- despite having passed through the rigorous TSA screening, you may be subject to additional screening including liquid limits (water bottles, whatever you bought at the duty free store at the US airport) when being screened the second time for your connecting flight.
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