Plus, the security situation at YVR in January was really horrible, and many people vowed never again to depart ex-US from a Canadian airport.

It is considerably better now, although it it still a trick to pack the things I usually take the way they want to qualify as carry-on only. I departed this AM and went from checkin counter to the boardroom in less than 30 minutes. In fact, for the first time ever, I was at the boardroom before it opened.