As tempers are rising in Eygpt after almost seven days of protesting now, Canadians trapped there are looking towards their government to rescue them. On Sunday night, Lawrence Cannon, Canada's Minister of Forgien Affairs, announced that Canada has chatered two planes, one Air Canada plane, and one other chartered plane to fly into Cairo. When these two planes leave the now troubled city that some of the passengers once called home, just about 600 Canadians will be safe from the violence. Thier safety does not come for free though, each passenger will have to pay for their own way out of the country. This may not seem far to the passengers of the planes who are there on vaction since up until this point there has been no compensation for the flights that they had cancelled, or will miss, but to the rest of the country it seems like a far deal. The speculation of who pays for thier safety has been in question since the rumours that Canada will be sending planes to go get their trapped citizens, because of the incident in Lebonan a few years ago, where Canada sent large ships to go get Canadian citizens, and Canada footed the entire bill.
The fact that the Canadians aboard these planes will have to pay for the cost of the flights seems fair. The tax-payng citizens of Canada did not pay for their tickets over there, and why should they have to pay for their way back. It may not seem so at the time, but when the next large intrernational crisis occurs, and the travellers have to pay for their rescue, then them too will agree with The Government of Canada's desicion during their international troubles. I personally agree with the governments desicion on this crisis, and thought that the government handle this matter efficently, and effectively in a timely order.
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/31/egypt-canadian-evacuees.html
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