Foreign Affairs committee  But we have that with the pieces of land we don't work on. I mean, it's amazing; land tenure is a huge issue in Haiti. Four or five people claim the same piece of land. We can't resolve everything. We're trying to resolve the biggest problem, which is to get shelters over their heads quickly.

Foreign Affairs committee  When it comes to the hospital, we're rebuilding where it is presently. We were looking at other pieces of property, but where the ministry has landed on is where they have the present hospital, so it's reconstruction. So for land, for that piece, I think we're fine. The other piece is huge, and that was what stymied us from the beginning: how do we put shelters on properties where we don't know who the owners are or where they are located?

Foreign Affairs committee  There is a good report called the World Disasters Report that's published every year by the federation and it gives you a good view of the overall emergencies and disasters across the world for that specific year. It is worthwhile for the committee to--

Foreign Affairs committee  It takes a while.

Foreign Affairs committee  I forget. Is it USI?

Foreign Affairs committee  In the peri-rural areas and the peri-urban areas, it's not such a big issue. But in Port-au-Prince, it's a tremendous issue. The rubble is taking up so much space that it's very difficult to build a new shelter on a place you have to clear. Clearing it can be very dangerous, as well, so a lot of organizations are loath to get involved in the clearing.

Foreign Affairs committee  They're very sturdy structures. Let's put it that way. I think most will probably become permanent. We call them transitional shelters, but compared to what they had before, they're much better built. They're much more sturdy. They're much more resistant than anything they've ever had before.

Foreign Affairs committee  We had them tested. SNC-Lavalin is the firm we hired. They did a study of the wind speeds in both Jacmel and Leogan, where they are most vulnerable. We built them to withstand higher winds in Jacmel than in Leogan. They are absolutely designed and built with engineers from Quebec.

Foreign Affairs committee  Luckily, though, we have a privileged relationship with the Haitian Red Cross that can open doors for us. For example, last year we met with the Minister of Health to get the approval to rebuild the Jacmel hospital, and this was in the middle of the cholera epidemic and he was stashed somewhere.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. Everybody works through locals. The planning is done by some of the delegates, and we're trying to replace ourselves as we go along. We try to get as much of the local expertise as possible. For example, the engineer the Dutch hired is a local Haitian.

Foreign Affairs committee  The lawyers, the notaries, the site supervisors. We hire as many people.... We don't bring people from Canada or other places to do this work.

Foreign Affairs committee  We have a specific violence prevention program. Violence against women is one of the main social issues identified in Haiti. What we do when we give shelters out is to try to ensure that if the couple is married, for example, the property right goes to both the man and the woman.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's 7,500.

Foreign Affairs committee  We have 1,200.