Government should allow quick entry to Haitians, urge Haitian residents

The Immigration Department works to get orphans into Canada, but it's being pushed to do so much more.

When the earthquake struck his homeland, Ricardo Lesperance, a Haitian-born permanent resident who works at the Parliamentary Centre in Ottawa, said he couldn't make contact with any family members for three days. Then he got the call.

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