Originally Posted by
majik
This surprises you? Have you looked at the ages of most of those agents? In the summertime you are more than likely to get a college kid who is there for a summer job. On your next arrival into YVR, look around. You will find college age kids at the desks and an older officer standing back overseeing everything.
Are you sure about that? I don't know about Canada, but in the USA, all Customs (CBP) officers are full-fledged Law Enforcement Officers who carry weapons and have full arrest powers. I highly doubt that they would let a college kid do this job. In fact, there are probably rules preventing it, if nothing else from the labor union representing the professional officers.