Canadian guards: securing border is too stressful

Most of the 37 guards who work at the Cornwall Island, Ontario border crossing have notes from doctors saying that tensions arising from relations with the local Mohawk Indian tribe make it too stressful to work there and could result in harmful health effects. [CanWest/Vancouver Sun]

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  • The guards have been threatened by the Mohawks and appear to be taking the threats seriously. I suspect that if they quit because they’re afraid – they are guards, after all, it’s their job – they get nothing, but if they can manufacture a med excuse, they can get benefits, and can perhaps ride out the conflict till it dies down and they can return to work.