Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have the answer. As to how Canada should behave in order to change perceptions, I believe first of all that it cannot act alone. Local justice has to intervene as well. Besides, Haiti really has to settle the issue of impunity. Finally, Canada must explain its positions

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, but the people just broke the good part of it. That's not the usual way to....

Foreign Affairs committee  When we say that we cannot specify the number of hours, it is just that we do not have that information in hand today. This does go back in time to some extent. The fact is we could provide this to you. I will give you an example. I do not want to generalize, but this example sp

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just like to clarify one thing: when we criticize MINUSTAH, we know that there are several stakeholders involved, and we are not singling out the Canadians. I think that is very important. The Canadians are professionals, whereas some of the others are not prepared to acc

Foreign Affairs committee  I will pass the....

Foreign Affairs committee  I am not a specialist as regards military forces. As Mr. Chaurette said, I don't believe that Haitians want MINUSTAH. However, we want it to be effective. Is it an issue of the terms of reference, the interpretation of that mandate, of political will or of ability? I am not in a

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. It gives me an opportunity to clarify what I said. While I said that the issue of Aristide's return needs to be dealt with, it is not necessarily to enable him to return. In fact, personally, I believe that would lead to chaos. However, a trial must

Foreign Affairs committee  No, I'll leave Monsieur Chaurette to sum it up.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have just returned from Haiti, where I was providing training on negotiations to farmers in a particularly violent area. I have been going to Haiti since 1965. So it is a country that really speaks to me and that very often requires having the courage