Foreign Affairs committee  The question you are putting to me is huge. I worked in Africa for 19 years. As you can imagine, the problems were similar. The mechanisms Canada uses to execute projects in Haiti ensure, in a reasonable way, that the funds are spent as Parliament intended, that is to say to ass

Foreign Affairs committee  One reason is, as I said earlier, that we expect results in too short a term. Sometimes we fail to maintain our efforts because there is a political crisis and then we can't live with the new government or lack of government. We sort of withdraw, and then we start again. I thin

Foreign Affairs committee  The answer to your question is incredibly complex. Beginning the implementation of a project is a very long process in Haiti, because the government of that country is not very effective. This is part of development. When after 18 months, something seem on the verge of starting

Foreign Affairs committee  Maybe I can comment on this one, because last fall I was evaluating some projects in Haiti in another capacity. The first reason we see partial failure is because people are seeing a result in too short a term. Trying to help a community, to empower them, is not something that i

Foreign Affairs committee  I believe that the way you asked the question, it should be asked of CIDA, because we're in no position to give you an answer to that.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to comment, since I went to Haiti on a mission. I had an opportunity to discuss the situation there with Quebec police officers. The situation is this: they are grappling on a daily basis with not a peace-keeping, but a peace making situation. All they have is a sm

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and I thank the members of the committee for having invited us to participate here today. First of all, I would like to say, on behalf of the members of the board of directors of the Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation, the CECI, tha