Haiti Canada

• Trudeau announces $80M for Haiti, calls for country to find own solutions

  A lasting solution to the crisis in Haiti will have to come from within that country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

  Canada

  Sep 21
  
• Haiti at risk of famine as gangs overtake country

  ``This is not the usual chronic food crisis in Haiti. This is extremely bad,'' said Jean-Martin Bauer, the World Food Programme's country director for the Caribbean state.

  World

  May 13
  
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• Canadian military likely lacks capacity to lead Haiti mission: Gen. Wayne Eyre

  Officials in Ottawa say the U.S. has lobbied hard for Canada to take on the role, and U.S. President Joe Biden may carry that message again when he visits Ottawa.

  Canada

  Mar 9
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• Canada sanctions more of Haiti’s political elites as gang violence continues

  Violent gangs have taken over Haiti's capital, and Canada is seeking a consensus on how it can help after the country's unelected prime minister requested a military intervention.

  Canada

  Jan 13
• Canada enhances staffing in Haiti embassy in push for political consensus amid crisis

  The news comes after Canada's UN ambassador Bob Rae briefed ministers and bureaucrats on Tuesday about his visit to Port-au-Prince last week.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2022
• Haitians want new government but are torn on military intervention, MPs hear

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, to Haiti to try and find a path to consensus.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022
• Canada sanctions Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier over humanitarian crisis

  In September, gangs led by Cherizier blocked the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal just outside the Haitian capital to protest a government announcement to cut fuel subsidies.

  World

  Nov 14, 2022
• Trudeau meet with ministers on Haiti, says ‘we have to intervene’ somehow

  Trudeau says Canada is weighing how to respond to Haiti's request for military intervention, amid widespread violence and a deadly cholera outbreak.

  Politics

  Nov 2, 2022
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• Canadian officials return from Haiti as Ottawa weighs military response to crisis

  A team tasked with assessing the crisis in Haiti is now briefing senior officials as the Canadian government weighs a potential military mission to assist the beleaguered nation.

  World

  Oct 31, 2022
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• Canadian officials in Haiti to assess humanitarian, security crises: Joly

  Canadian government officials are in Haiti to assess the Caribbean nation's humanitarian and security crisis, Ottawa said on Thursday.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2022