Originally Posted by
OSSYULYYZ
That's the thing. These agents are from the CATSA and were originally trained under Canadian Standards. Sometimes, these folks forget that they have to work under US Standards. I have also been asked to take my shoes off and remove small liquids on a domestic YUL-YYZ flight on AC. I think that agent assumed that he was still working in a Preclearance Area.
In Calgary, they rarely seem to enforce people removing their shoes.