Canadian Intervention Props Up Haitian Police
On March 29, the Canadian Embassy in Haiti signed a memorandum of understanding with Haiti's Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation and its Ministry of Justice and Public Security on the project to support the strengthening of the National Police Academy. The announcement from Haiti's Ministry of Planning shows the form Canada has decided to take to intervene in that country.
The signing of the memorandum of understanding came a few days after U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Canada on March 23 and 24. On March 30, Prime Minister Trudeau announced the allocation of $100 million to support and train Haitian "security services" rather than lead an international force of several thousand members to Haiti, as requested by the United States.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been training the Haitian police since 2009. Some of the police who carried out training in the past have themselves formed or joined private security companies which are linked with the street gangs said to be carrying out the violence in Haiti. This violence is the pretext for intervening in Haiti when it is all foreign generated. The RCMP has been denounced for its violence in Canada, for engaging in racial profiling, and for criminalizing those who fight for their rights. Canadians cannot expect them to act differently in Haiti.
No to Canada's intervention in Haiti, approved by the illegitimate government of Ariel Henry. This is what Canada's "rules-based" democracy looks like.
This article was published in
Volume 53 Number 5 - May 2023
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