Following the Al-Assad regime protests, the Canadian government is advocating the evacuation of their 5000 (give or take a couple hundred) citizens in Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that the government is not supplying plane or boat boarding passes, contrary to what they have done in Lebanon and Lybia. Furthermore, the HMCS Vancouver warship is presently safeguarding the Mediterranean. Lastly,the UN will not be hosting an intervention despite the fact that approximately 5000 Canadians have perished during the revolts.
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