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Saturday, January 26, 2008
Canada Dangerous?
Canada has always conjured up an image of a peaceful people, great winter sports and French and English spoken with funny accents. Although, in the eyes of Smart Traveler, an Australian government funded advisory website, Canada is a destination where travelers should exercise caution and to be wary of winter storms, horrid driving conditions and terrorism attacks. Canada? Really?

"We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect your safety in Canada because of the risk of terrorist attack," cautions the travel advisory which ranks Canada less safe than Chile, South Korea and Latvia as countries safer than Canada.

In response to this Australian high commissioner to Canada, William Fisher insists that Canada is still a top destination for Australians. Making such statements have significant impacts on people and their perception of another country. Smart Destinations is, after all, a government funded site but people should be aware of what factors go into their decisions to rank countries.

Every country has its own dangers, in fact there are a lot of risk factors when traveling. Although, when a website ranks three of the G8 countries as areas to 'Exercise Caution' whatever model you are using obviously needs some re-calibrating.

For more information read this article on CTV.ca: Warning doesn't keep Aussies from visiting Canada

Written at 4:56 PM by Sebastien.
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