Canada Border Services Agency: Denis Vinette

Customs And Immigration Union Dept: The policy, instituted by the Canada Border Services Agency, was implemented Tuesday after more than a year of discussions with the Customs and Immigration Union, which opposes the policy, according to Winnipeg Free Press. He said the agency was prepared for this possibility and deployed managers and guards who didn't withdraw their services. There was no service disruption for travellers or commercial operators, he said and oTTAWA -- Several border guards at the Emerson border crossing walked off the job Thursday in protest of a new policy requiring them to wear name tags. Denis Vinette, director general of border operations for CBSA, said a significant number of guards who reported to work in Emerson Thursday withdrew their services, saying the name tags are a risk to their health and safety. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.