Foreign Affairs committee  There are in excess of 70 camps.

Foreign Affairs committee  I can't speak to whether we've seen an increase specifically attributable to gangs. Clearly, following the creation of the camps there was a significant increase in crime. Now whether the crime can be attributed to gangs or not, I don't know. I can't speak to that. But as part

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of community policing, you're right about the difficulties in implementing community policing. But we cannot forget the fact that because of the position we occupy in mission, we're able to influence the training syllabus of the Haitian National Police. The community pol

Foreign Affairs committee  They seem to be. I'm not aware of any issues that have surfaced. The training approach and the policing approach have not changed since the earthquake, and it was accepted before. It actually seems to be making small steps, which seem to be making some difference.

Foreign Affairs committee  Actually, it's very much both. The role was to develop a specific specialized UN training module that would be used, or is being used actually, to train women police officers who are being deployed in support of the UN mission, MINUSTAH. Another component was also an outreach t

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I agree.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would tend to agree with my colleague. Following the earthquake, there was a reorganization of the police component of MINUSTAH with a refocus on operations and coordination. There's always room for improvement, but I would say it's probably a little bit better than it was befo

Foreign Affairs committee  For Canadian policing?

Foreign Affairs committee  Today, as we speak, there are 137.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's pretty close to a full deployment, yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. Actually, thank you very much. It's an excellent question again. Women play a very significant and important role in our deployment. Actually, Canada, up until very recently was the country that was providing the most women police officers. Since between February 200

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes and no. The plan was implemented. There were over 7,000 files. First of all, the workforce was identified within the Haitian National Police. There were 7,000 files that were opened. Those files were being investigated by a vetting team that was composed of the Haitian Nation

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, it's under relative control. The red zones are accessible. Actually, I visited Haiti last June and I went on patrols in the red zone. They are no longer patrolling probably in the same types of armoured vehicles as you were ferried around in. We actually stopped and exited

Foreign Affairs committee  There was progress being made on these issues.

Foreign Affairs committee  Maybe I could provide something based on our own records. As I mentioned during my opening comments, there was a database. A criminal intelligence unit was created and a database in support of the unit was created. That was to use the remaining records and try to collect as much