Between 40,000 and 70,000 Lebanese “Canadians” live in Lebanon. This is not the first time Canada has had to evacuate its citizens from this war-torn region. Have people forgotten the massive boat lift in 2006?
The government has warned people *not* to visit since last October, but they continue to visit for vacation or live there full time.
Why bother?
morenewsat11 on
So frustrating and still there’s going to be complaints that Canada isn’t doing enough.
> Global Affairs Canada (GAC) says two flights chartered by the federal government to bring Canadians out of Lebanon left Beirut for Istanbul Thursday with just 275 passengers and 379 empty seats.
> Shortly after Joly’s media availability, her department issued a press release saying those two flights collectively carried 275 passengers, not all of them Canadian. The department said the passengers included citizens of “like-minded countries” like Australia, New Zealand, Denmark and the U.S.
Taestiranos on
This is a good in a way. Now there is absolutely no excuse when they cry for an air lift if it gets worse.
The Canadians in Lebanon have had months to get out by themselves, and lots of free seats on chartered planes now. If they’re still staying, they’re on their own
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Inglourious-Ape on
Good. Stop them now and don’t offer them again if shit hits the fan and they want to get out. Should have never offered them in the first place. Any Canadian citizen around the world traveling to countries with advisories issued against travel should pay their own way back “home”.
I’m not against Canada getting its citizens back home under sudden, unexpected circumstances where airspace and flights are cut off to a country, but these people have had almost a year to gtfo and decided not to.
kmacover1 on
This seems like good value for out tax dollars
ForeignExpression on
Are we also evacuating Israel? Shouldn’t that be the priority since the western presence/occupation there is the source of this whole middle-east vs. the west conflict?
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Should have never even been offered.
Between 40,000 and 70,000 Lebanese “Canadians” live in Lebanon. This is not the first time Canada has had to evacuate its citizens from this war-torn region. Have people forgotten the massive boat lift in 2006?
The government has warned people *not* to visit since last October, but they continue to visit for vacation or live there full time.
Why bother?
So frustrating and still there’s going to be complaints that Canada isn’t doing enough.
> Global Affairs Canada (GAC) says two flights chartered by the federal government to bring Canadians out of Lebanon left Beirut for Istanbul Thursday with just 275 passengers and 379 empty seats.
> Shortly after Joly’s media availability, her department issued a press release saying those two flights collectively carried 275 passengers, not all of them Canadian. The department said the passengers included citizens of “like-minded countries” like Australia, New Zealand, Denmark and the U.S.
This is a good in a way. Now there is absolutely no excuse when they cry for an air lift if it gets worse.
The Canadians in Lebanon have had months to get out by themselves, and lots of free seats on chartered planes now. If they’re still staying, they’re on their own
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Good. Stop them now and don’t offer them again if shit hits the fan and they want to get out. Should have never offered them in the first place. Any Canadian citizen around the world traveling to countries with advisories issued against travel should pay their own way back “home”.
I’m not against Canada getting its citizens back home under sudden, unexpected circumstances where airspace and flights are cut off to a country, but these people have had almost a year to gtfo and decided not to.
This seems like good value for out tax dollars
Are we also evacuating Israel? Shouldn’t that be the priority since the western presence/occupation there is the source of this whole middle-east vs. the west conflict?