This is a tough one.
The first reason - to attend to her ill father - was accepted as "exceptional" by the RPD. This happened during COVID, incidentally.
I know that virtual funerals are a thing, https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/health/virtual-funerals-coronavirus-wellness - but someone willing to take that risk during peak COVID, prior to a vaccine, of international travel to attend a funeral.. if someone is willing to risk their life against an inhuman agent of nature like that, to me that strongly suggests that the applicant also would have been willing to travel despite the risk of persecution and even on fear of pain of death from the state (and so not due to a lack of persecution).
But for the IVF in 2022 - if Canada didn't work for the IVF, why not try to get a visa to do it in the nearby US? Or go to a country like Jordan that is visa free for Egyptian citizens - they have places that can do IVF. (edit: for example, https://ivf-worldwide.com/ivf-directory/asia/jordan/4021-hope_fertility_clinic.html )
But unlike the previous case ( https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2025/2025fc1596/2025fc1596.html ), this doesn't seem like one where the applicant was warned about the consequences of travel to Egypt by CBSA at any point in time.
I suspect that at least the IVF would have happened elsewhere had the proper warnings been given, and I feel that there might not have been a cessation application made if it were just the first two trips. (The first being a certainty as it was confirmed as exceptional and not voluntary by RPD. The second is weaker, as funerals aren't generally regarded as being exceptional as per case law, but with just one mistake it's possible the department might have just chosen not to pursue.)
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