Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'll be brief so Ms. Asselin can answer as well. I just want to say that Canada has a long history of involvement in security sector reform in Haiti. The mandate has changed. At the time, it was perhaps more integrated. Since then, Canada's involvement has been more in the form

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for your question. Before answering, I want to point out that I am not speaking on behalf of Haitian feminists. They are fighting their own battle and they discuss it in public. However, I can answer that it is civil society groups, including women's groups, that are

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We are talking about a humanitarian intervention. That means the United Nations agencies would play a more active role, as was the case in the last decade. The United Nations' role was to coordinate humanitarian aid in various sectors, including food, the purification of drinking

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First, we have to learn from the errors of the past and make sure the aid provided is part of a long-term vision and is adapted to the needs of the people, and, if possible, that it is aligned with existing initiatives in Haiti. Many organizations, particularly in Quebec, have be

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would not want to say that the present situation is essentially a result of the way aid has been provided in the past. Obviously, it is much more complex than that. However, the way aid is coordinated and provided on an emergency basis unfortunately has negative consequences in

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for your question. If there is one thing I have learned over the last decade that I have taken a particular interest in Haiti, it is that in order for solutions to last, they must always be endogenous. They must always come from the community. They must come from civil

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Right. I will be very brief. The other two witnesses said that Canada unfortunately did not choose to support the Montana accord; it chose to support a government that is disputed and is considered to be illegitimate. We would hope to see Canada throwing its support behind esta

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Of course. A second observation is that Haitian civil society has too often been ignored, with very significant consequences in terms of the understanding of issues and the appropriateness of interventions. One of the well-known examples is the effort to combat sexual violence a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, members of the subcommittee, thank you for giving me this time to speak today. My testimony is based on several years of research into the coordination of international aid in Haiti and on various assignments I have been given as a humanitarian program eva