Foreign Affairs committee  I must first tell you that Haiti is the most difficult country that we are involved in. Second, one of the countries where we have been most successful is Nepal. We managed to work in the areas under Maoist control. How did we manage? Two reasons. First, our programs are based o

Foreign Affairs committee  We have a presence in 20 countries. CIDA funding represents about 55 per cent of our resources, and our annual budget is in the order of CAN$32 million. One third of our international program budget is currently devoted to Haiti, where there is funding from the World Bank, the

Foreign Affairs committee  As far as the first question is concerned, as to whether the international community has managed to respond rapidly to the priority issue, creating jobs to stabilize the country, I must say that my assessment is very negative. This was the main request made by the Haitian governm

Foreign Affairs committee  I can't answer that precisely. In the agricultural area, the Department of Agriculture had prepared 60 projects for Haiti under the Interim Cooperation Framework. Two years later, it had been unable to implement a single one. It is just beginning to do so now. Significant progr

Foreign Affairs committee  When the NGOs analyzed the ICF with a view to the Washington consultations two years ago, the conclusion was that we were discussing a 10-year plan, or more that the international community and the government wanted to achieve in 18 months. More than 18 months were required only

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to make a few quick comments, if I may. I was in Brasilia with a Haitian delegation. We were meeting with the Brazilian heads of the MINUSTAH of the time. I will share two comments with you. First of all, the Haitian civilian organizations unanimously stated that th

Foreign Affairs committee  I will try to be brief. The CECI works mainly in the Artibonite, Gonaïves, and Saint-Marc regions. These regions, along with Port-au-Prince and the northeast near the Dominican Republic, are part of the hottest regions in Haiti, politically speaking. We also work in Port-au-Princ

Foreign Affairs committee  I am going to make four recommendations. Here is the CECI's first finding. Since the 1970s, we have been present in Haiti continuously, and we have seen four rounds of bilateral negotiations between Canada and Haiti. When the government is elected and legitimate, all of the att