Eagerbeaver1
Your friend was either lucky or privileged as flight crew. We went to Ottawa from Vancouver a few weeks ago as SLF (which is our normal status.) On the way out my wife carried a 6 oz tin of Coca Cola on and no one said a thing. On the way back we were stopped.
"You can't take that on a plane,"
"Oh, I am sorry, it wasn't a problem on the way out. Can I open it and drink it?"
"No, if you open it now we'll arrest you."
Barkin' mad, I tell you, the whole world has gone barkin' mad.
You don't want to get them upset at Canadian Airports either.