Canada should be speaking up against Moïse’s authoritarian measures in Haiti

Rather than just words acknowledging structural racism, Ottawa must take action that improves the lives of long-marginalized Black people. At the international level, a good place to begin would be ending Canada’s support for the revival of Duvalierism in Haiti.

Haitian President Jovenel Moise, pictured in Port au Prince on Feb. 7, 2017, after being sworn in as the 58th president of Haiti. He should have left office on Feb. 7, 2021, but looks set to extend his term in defiance of the constitution and popular will, writes Bianca Mugyenyi.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY BIANCA MUGYENYI

February 8, 2021

A meaningful way to honour Black History Month is by questioning Canada’s role in a country born in struggle to make Black Lives Matter. In Haiti today, Ottawa is supporting a government that is reviving the spectre of the infamous Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier dictatorship. More than two centu...

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