Hon. Marie-Françoise Mégie: Honourable colleagues, I rise today to speak to the UN Security Council’s Monday, October 2, adoption of a resolution authorizing the deployment of an international security mission to help the Haitian police fight street gangs.

According to a Canadian Press article by Émilie Bergeron, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said that Canada wants “to do more.”

I applaud Canada’s desire to do more, considering it has repeatedly cut aid to Haiti.

According to the public dashboard DevData, Canada’s international assistance to Haiti shrank by more than 25% between 2017 and 2022.

This morning, I had the opportunity to talk to Global Affairs Canada officials at the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade meeting, which was about the situation in Haiti.

Today, I’m glad the international community has turned its attention to Haiti, my country of birth.

As the old saying goes, let’s hope the government will walk the talk. Thank you.

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