Are breast pumps... security threats??

A member of British Columbia's opposition party was denied boarding at Vancouver's airport because her breast pump was deemed a security threat.

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP MLA Jenny Kwan was trying to fly to Kamloops for a caucus meeting Tuesday morning, but security would not let her board when they found a breast milk pump and ice packs in her carry-on luggage.

Kwan says they found it suspicious she had the pump but not her four-month-old baby, Renan. Security officials suggested she check the milk into baggage, but the MLA did not have enough time.

"I said to the woman, 'come on, what do you think I'm going to do with this?'... and they said rules are rules."