https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ensure-fair-travel-advisories-for-the-middle-east
I just found out that there has been a change to the Canadian travel advisories for Egypt! It has been upgraded from “Avoid non-essential travel” to “Exercise a high degree of caution,” with a couple of exceptions for certain regions.
https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/egypt
For a variety of reasons, (many of which I am unclear about), I was unable to get traction on this petition, compared, for example, to another public petition that I also have active right now. However, myself and others have had a variety of conversations with various decision-makers around this issue over the years. I take absolutely no credit for this change. However, I am very grateful to all of the decision-makers that have found the time to chat with me (and others), over the last several years – for their time, openness to discussing this topic and for the change that they have now implemented.
The petition will stay live for at least a bit longer. If I see that there is some traction there, that would be great, and would help to demonstrate public support on this important issue.
