Canada left to ‘write a cheque’ with few other options to respond to worsening Haiti crisis, says conflict mediation expert

While announcing $123-million in additional funds to address the situation in Haiti in the 2023-24 and 2024-45 fiscal years, Global Affairs Canada is taking nearly $30-million to target the crisis off the books at the end of March.

Interim Haitian Prime Minister and President Ariel Henry, pictured left with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Canada-CARICOM summit last October, has pledged to step down after a new transitional council is formed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

March 20, 2024

By reducing its diplomatic footprint in Haiti amid a worsening security and humanitarian crisis, Canada’s contribution is increasingly being siloed to that of a cheque-writer with limited other options to affect the mounting cataclysm, says a conflict resolution expert.

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