Canadian border guards, like American border guards, are there to prevent criminals and criminal activity from coming into the country, not leaving the country, Doug. The job of keeping undesirables out of the US belongs to the US border patrol, not the Canada Customs officers.

I saw a lot of US border guards getting bored and fed up with the "Condition Orange, Condition Red" crap this past few summers. Many were also insulted by it. They resented it every time some political fart-sniffer in Washington sent around the naggy coloured signal jack to remind them it was time to quit being slack-off screw-ups and do their jobs. They knew it was all a political stalking horse after a while and it meant little to them except some overtime.