How can Canada help Haiti without making a bad situation worse?

The Big Story · Feb 16, 2023 · 30m

The situation in Haiti, especially in and around the capital Port-au-Prince, has deteriorated in recent months. In some areas gang violence and poverty is rampant, while food, water and fuel have become scarce. While many point to the assassination of former-president Jovenel Moïse as the catalyst for the current crisis, our guest today argues that the roots of the current tumult stretch back much further, and that past Canadian foreign policy decisions have contributed heavily.

Now, there are calls for foreign military intervention to stabilize the situation, and suggestions that Canada…