The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is looking for a handful of stunt actors to be thrown down, handcuffed, searched and beaten to help train new recruits.
The agency has posted bid documents online looking for a company to supply actors for the training centre in Rigaud, Que., between Ottawa and Montreal.
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The documents outline how the stunt actors will act out up to 15 situations a day, such as trying to smuggle drugs across the border in a car, to help the agency assess the skills of new border guards.
The people hired can expect to be handcuffed, thrown, held down using “pain compliance techniques,” and hit by trainees’ fists, feet or batons.
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They also must avoid any personal relationships with the recruits or CBSA staff.
Bidding for the one-year contract closes in early September, but the documents don’t list an expected price.