CBSA: Name Tags

CBSA Dept: We believe that this small step will allow the millions of clients we serve to feel more comfortable in their interactions with our officers, the CBSA said in a media release. Personalized name tags reflect our commitment to service excellence and reinforce the professionalism and integrity for which CBSA officers are known, according to CBC. Let there be no doubt: CIU vehemently opposes CBSA s new name tag policy. In fact, CIU has been opposed to the policy since learning of the agency s intent to implement it, the union s national president, Jean-Pierre Fortin, wrote in a memo to members. CIU believes that wearing name tags exposes our members to unnecessary risks and front-line, uniformed officers of the Canadian Border Services Agency are now required to wear name tags. However, the Customs and Immigration Union, which represents those employees, opposes the change. It says identifying officers puts them in danger. 'We don't wear professional. We act it.' Ace Essex, CIU Local 0018 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.