August 3, 2005
Dear Minister Pettigrew,
The continuing state of crisis in Haiti raises disturbing questions about the effectiveness of Canada's on-going involvement in that impoverished nation as well as Haiti's ability to conduct fair, open and transparent elections ten weeks from now.
Haiti's Diaspora and other concerned Canadians are deeply worried about the seemingly intractable and unrelenting violence that has cost almost one thousand lives since Canada, the United States and France participated in the removal of President Aristide from office in February 2004.
In previous correspondence both to you and to your predecessor, I have raised concerns regarding Canada's role in Haiti but have yet to receive any response.

VANCOUVER, July 10, 2005 - An emergency demonstration was called Saturday, July 9th, by Haiti Solidarity B.C. (HSBC) at a community center in Vancouver where Minister of Industry of the ruling Liberal Party David Emerson, was to be celebrating his nomination for the upcoming federal elections with his core constituents. HSBC gathered to express their opposition to the Liberal government's involvement in acts of terror against the Haitian people and to deliver a copy of the University of Miami's Human Rights report directly to the Liberal cabinet member and former CEO of Canfor.

CBC’s "The Current," Broadcast August 6, 2004.

Adrian Harewood: Last March Canada and other countries sent peacekeepers to Haiti, after President Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced into exile. Now, as some call for Aristide’s return, Canada is leaving Haiti…By this time next week Canada’s peacekeepers will be home from Haiti. The past five months, Canadian peacekeepers have been trying to restore stability to the troubled Caribbean nation. They’ve been part of a United States led contingent that went to Haiti after former Pres. JBA was forced out of the country in February amid mounting violence and opposition. This was the second time Canada has sent its armed forces to help Haiti. In fact, Ottawa prides itself on what it sees as a long history of support for the poorest nation in the hemisphere.

Agence Haitienne Presse [AHP] News - February 28, 2005 - English translation (Unofficial)
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Editorial: February 29, a troubling anniversary...
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Today marks practically one year since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was
forced to leave the National Palace under pressure from certain countries in
the international community who claimed they were acting out of a desire to
avoid a blood bath in Haiti.

Canada and the UN are 'fronting' for U.S. foreign policy in Haiti

by Ken Rockburn and Kevin Pina

Host Ken Rockburn interviews Filmmaker and Haiti Correspondent Kevin Pina, aired nationally on "Canada's Political Channel,"CPAC, February 21, 2005.

Council On Hemispheric Affairs - COHA
November 12, 2004
Weekend Release

HAITI: A Brutal Regime Shows Its Colors

CARICOM Spurns Latortue Once Again
Violence and Human Rights Abuses Escalate

•On October 9, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) voted once again to postpone the resumption of normal relations with the Washington-installed Haitian government of Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, citing the latter's campaign of persecution against ousted
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Lavalas Party.

• CARICOM’s diplomatic rebuff is a result of the increasing violence, instability, arbitrary rule, and human rights abuses in Haiti during the last six months. This economic and humanitarian disaster has
pushed the country closer to the brink of political chaos than ever
before.

In light of the clarity with which we can see the role being played by the United Nations today in Haiti, I am reposting this artice, written the day before Aristide's kidnapping. Subsequent research has revealed UN complicity dating back to at least 1999, more than likely sooner. Kofi Annan turned out to be Jesse Helm's [and his protoge Roger Noriega's] lapdog. But he did procure a $1.2 billion loan from the US for new state-of-the-art UN headquarters.

Gonsalves Challenges Caricom on Haiti
by John Maxwell
August 5, 2004

Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, says he has no intention of sitting down in the councils of Caricom with any representative of the so-called Government of Haiti. He says he will not consider the presence of Haitian represntatation in Caricom until certain minimum conditios are met –principally, the restoration of democracy and the stabilisation of law and order.

Who Removed Aristide?
by Paul Farmer; London Review Of Books; April 13, 2004

On the night of 28 February, the Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced from power. He claimed he'd been kidnapped and didn't know where he was being taken until, at the end of a 20-hour flight, he was told that he and his wife would be landing 'in a French military base in the middle of Africa'. He found himself in the Central African Republic.