Of course, if one were willing to walk down to the A gates at YVR.....

Absolutely agree with you on YYZ as both it and YVR are my main entry/exit Canadian airports.

YVR notwithstanding....many of us have reported on the beyond-painful Nexus line at YYZ Dom. I've heard everything from "they use that line to train the new screeners" (possible, who knows), to "it depends on the day of the week and time of day you are entering". Also possible.

None of this explains how CATSA and the airports haven't figured out when the increased traffic requires increased open lanes or more staff.

At 5:30 in the morning, the YYZ Nexus Dom lane moves the slowest. Most in line seem to know procedure - laptops and liquids out, belts/shoes off if necessary.

I watch the screeners and they either don't know what they are looking for (sniff an open 5ml tube of toothpaste), or they think everyone in the Nexus line is a potential hazard. I once told a supervisor that anyone who uses that line has already been screened by two governments in order to get the Nexus card in the first place. I'll save the answer for another time.

As for YVR Dom at C, my last 8 adventures in that line were painfully slow and no sign of improvement.