Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay, I'll do it quickly. I am going to touch on the question of reconciliation. When René Préval was a candidate for election, he announced that he was going to establish a government of national unity. The first thing he did after having been elected was to call together the s

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, 50%.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's now 14%.

Foreign Affairs committee  We are, but we are waiting for the electoral committee to design the critical path. At the moment, we don't have any timeframe or anything like that, but, yes, we will.

Foreign Affairs committee  This is Préval's second term as president. He was president for five years with Aristide's support.

Foreign Affairs committee  He was also Aristide's prime minister for five years, and he ran under a new banner, this new movement called Lavalas, and Lespwa, but most of his base was in Lavalas. He has this national unity government, and one of the ministers represents the Lavalas Party, the minister of pl

Foreign Affairs committee  The latest I've seen is in regard to the penal chain. Canada is now supporting that also, because we have this unit that is investigating corruption situations and cases, but it doesn't have enough resources, financial, human or technical, to follow up on the penal chain. In a jo

Foreign Affairs committee  I think a lot of money is needed in Haiti right now. As you rightly mentioned, education is a priority. Only 15% of the educational system in Haiti is controlled by the ministry of education; 85% is controlled by private institutions, and the quality is very, very bad. Only 5%

Foreign Affairs committee  I spoke to the President a week ago asking if he could do something, but he is very reluctant to intervene.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Ambassador Boucher is probably better placed than I to know how Canadian money is spent in Haiti, but from what I've seen and witnessed, it's making a big difference. Canadian money is spent in their PNH reform program, in parliament, and now you're going to be build

Foreign Affairs committee  In corrections, yes, of course. You're involved in prisons, not with a repressive approach but with a humanitarian, human rights approach, to provide better conditions for inmates and everything. There is also budget support for governance and decentralization. So from what I'

Foreign Affairs committee  After stabilizing the country, holding elections, and installing a legitimate, democratically elected government, security is an area where progress is being made. What are we going to do now? I think that it is very important now to help Haiti establish a basic rule of law. We

Foreign Affairs committee  Fifteen million dollars for each round. That is $30 million for ten senators, but it is required by the constitution. The President understands that the constitution itself is a source of instability, as does everyone in Haiti. They have neither the means, the resources nor the i