Originally Posted by
blue2002
Yup, same model in Canada and US, orthogonally different from the European model. Both models work, just differently. I imagine in the next 10-15 years Canada may move towards the European model, but hey, who knows...
The US model works best for Canada as it is just more efficient to do both immigration and customs inspections at 1 booth at a land border, not to mention; a sizeable chunk of CBSA’s business is carrying out and enforcing removals, in partnership with IRCC. Don’t think that another agency is quite suited to do that, but time will tell