It's too soon for lift travel ban to Egypt

Just a few days after the Canadian government lifted its travel advisory to parts of Egypt – Luxor to be exact – demonstrators were back in the streets of Cairo today clashing with police.

Anyone travelling to Egypt has to land in Cairo and the situation there remains too volatile. I know the Canadian and American governments are trying to curry favor with the new Egyptian government but aren’t we jumping the gun too quickly here. As long as Cairo remains off limits, then Egypt has to remain off limits to Canadians.

It’s a shame – Egypt is my favorite country in the Middle East to visit and I know for a fact that several Canadian tour companies are chomping at the bit to send people back to that amazing storehouse of history.

But let’s be sensible here. It’s still early days in the Egyptian uprising and people should not be put at risk.