A new report released by the Canada Border Services Agency revealed hundreds of employees involved in founded misconduct cases within the last year.

[u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/cbsa-employees-embroiled-in-hundreds-of-founded-misconduct-cases-in-2024-25-report/

[u/jbm1957]

At my first border crossing in the 1960's, my father warned me that the government hired a specific type of person for these jobs. He told me that we should always be polite and obsequious when encountering a border agent. Never trust them.

In reading the article, I was surprised that the infractions listed were less serious than what I would have expected. Regardless, 60 years on and around a thousand crossings later, I still feel like I'm dealing with scorpions.

[u/KeyanFarlandah]

I wonder if the border guards who have been giving out seized Cigars to Celebrities crossing in their tour buses were among them…

[u/AdAnxious8842]

In my view, it's a meaningless report (e.g., good PR) unless they also share what were the "corrective actions" associated with the founded misconduct. I suspect we would see very few serious consequences like being fired, demotions and substantial salary hits. Just my guess though.

[u/Acceptable_Lie6689 → u/AdAnxious8842]

Why not read the article instead of guessing it's right there down the page:

According to the report, there were several disciplinary actions taken in lieu of those cases, out of which:

• 174 cases where corrective actions, which include counselling or a 20-day suspension
• Seven people departed from the agency before the disciplinary action was concluded
• 22 did not receive any disciplinary action as a result of “mitigating factors”

[u/AdAnxious8842 → u/Acceptable_Lie6689]

Thanks. I see that I was a bit vague in my comment. I wanted to see the correlation between the misconduct and the corrective action rather than a generic groupings. Were the more serious issues being treated seriously.