Aussies Issue a Travel Warning for Canada!

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Terrorists, thieves and tornadoes - oh, Canada!

Australians considering a trip to the Great White North may find themselves quickly making other plans after reading their federal government’s travel advisory on Canada.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently updated its “Smart Traveller” website - intended to give travellers “up-to-date information about the risks Australians might face overseas” - and classified the world’s nations into five categories based on their current “security situation.”

Canada falls into the second safest category, called “exercise caution” (not as safe as Chile, Romania and South Korea), with terrorism listed as the top concern.

“We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect your safety in Canada because of the risk of terrorist attack,” the website reads.

“Pay close attention to your personal security and monitor the media for information about possible new safety or security risks.”

While the crime rate in Canada is acknowledged to be “similar to that of Australia,” tourists are warned to remain vigilant as “pick pocketing and street theft occurs at tourist destinations, hotels and on public transit.”
The section on climate, which was just updated with new information about natural disasters, would turn even the most hardened adventurer away.
“Heavy snowfalls and ice in the winter can make driving dangerous. The wind-chill factor can also create dangerously cold outdoor conditions. … The province of British Columbia in western Canada is in an active earthquake zone. Alberta and British Columbia are also subject to avalanches. … Tornadoes can occur in some areas of Canada between May and September. Bush and forest fires can occur any time in Canada.”

Questions posed to a government spokeswoman weren’t immediately answered last night.

But the department’s website said the preparation of travel advice is taken “very seriously” and that the department draws on a number of sources for its information, including assessments from Australian missions overseas, intelligence reports and its experience of the common or recurring consular problems Australians are facing abroad.

More than 80 countries have the label of “high degree of caution” attached to them, while a handful are deemed “do not travel” destinations, including Afghanistan, Burundi and Iraq.

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Re: Aussies Issue a Travel Warning for Canada!

:@: so pinko wont gonna visit me

:hmmm: chaloo pinko dont worry i gonna visit u now :hugz: