Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome the witnesses and thank them very much for being with us today.
Ambassador, you are aware that we are facing a lose-lose situation, given that no one is eager to see an intervention by the international community, whether or not led by Canada, if only to try to support the Haitian government in breaking the deadlock and ensuring security in the country, which is a prerequisite for organizing elections.
There is also the opinion of Haitians and the Haitian diaspora who are asking us to do nothing, since every time the West sets foot in the country it makes the situation worse.
The ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, referred to this: we have to take the pulse of the people. Haitians have to be involved, to determine future solutions. The problem is that we don't really know whom to deal with, as you said. The government is asking us to intervene, but what legitimacy does this government have?
On October 7, you told Le Nouvelliste that Haiti was a few minutes away from having an agreement between Ariel Henry and Fritz Alphonse Jean.
What is the situation at present?