Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think it's an important question. It's very much top of mind at all times for us, particularly these days...with the intensity of the security crisis in these last couple of weeks. They have good access here. They've been able to maintain that access. There's a st

Foreign Affairs committee  It's early days. Clearly, Brazil stepped back a bit from their leadership on Haiti. They're still here. The ambassador is a wonderful man. He's a friend. They play a positive role. Perhaps the position of the new Brazilian government will change. I guess we'll have to see. Time

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Let the record show that I was nodding the whole way.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a great question. Thank you for that. We're really good at diagnostics, right? When I say “we”, it's everybody who works on Haiti. We spend so much time figuring out what's wrong. I think we know what's wrong and how we got here. I think we know that if Haiti's going to h

Foreign Affairs committee  Canada plainly intends to engage with the problem and contribute to solutions. I mentioned the political leadership relating to this situation that has been exercised for what will soon be a year. Intense talks are continuing. Ambassador Bob Rae, who plays an important role in Ne

Foreign Affairs committee  I was not in that meeting. I can't tell you exactly what he asked for. I did read the Miami Herald the day before the visit, where it was fairly obvious that the State Department is looking for Canada to take leadership of this force. However, I don't think they've defined exac

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Sigouin, can you answer that question? You may have the figures in front of you.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think you're right, and I thank you for flagging it. I was not aware of this. I see Sébastien nodding. I think we're going to have a look at that.

Foreign Affairs committee  Let me just clarify, you know, because I actually have friends in that accord, and I don't want to lose friends. I should have said “loud”. Their voices may be not as loud. To me, it's not about supporting an accord or a party or someone else, frankly, at this point. To me, it's

Foreign Affairs committee  This was obviously a big topic with the assessment team last week, right? Again, learn the lessons of the past. I think what's really important is that whoever comes in can't be substituting themselves for the Haitian National Police. You're right. We have heavily invested in t

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, work is proceeding very intensely. You can therefore hope that something will happen soon.

Foreign Affairs committee  I know there were pretty intense talks about this in New York last week and they are continuing this week. Our ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, is participating in those talks, as are several of my colleagues. I won't presume to say they are inventing something new. H

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, there have been a lot...

Foreign Affairs committee  To answer in 15 seconds, I will say there have been a lot of missions in the past. I think there has been a lot of bad publicity or bad moves in certain past missions, so they are perhaps trying to avoid those kinds of events, which damage reputations. Having said that, I will a