The Canadian government’s support for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was to leave power according to the constitution on February 7, is not unanimous in the country. A rally was held this Sunday, March 21 in Montreal to denounce the support of the Canadian authorities for a regime that the demonstrators consider to be a dictatorship. An opposition MP will also table a petition asking the government to explain a secret meeting in 2003 on Canadian soil between representatives of France, the United States, Canada, the Organization of States. Americans. It would have led to the ousting of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide the following year.
With our correspondent in Montreal, Pascale guéricolas
Unlike the Canadian government, the main labor organizations in Quebec as well as several NGOs denounce the flagrant violations of the Constitution and human rights currently taking place in Haiti.
A support that satisfies Frantz André, of the Coalition Solidarité Québec-Haiti. He notes a growing interest in Haitians very involved in essential services during the pandemic in Quebec. ” The question of the contribution of guardian angels, therefore Haitians from civil society, in all this context will be there for some time, he explains. So maybe the stars are aligned. Haiti is finally getting the attention we should have had decades ago. »
Petition for responses from Canada
The Bloc Québécois, an opposition party, is also involved in the matter by tabling a petition concerning a secret meeting that was held on Canadian soil 17 years ago. Objective: to obtain answers from Canada to know if it has allied itself with France and the United States to direct the destinies of Haiti.
« We ask that we clearly explain what happened, launches MP Mario Beaulieu. The whole situation in 2003 but also what is happening today. There is a lack of transparency on the part of the federal government in this matter. »
The mobilization against the dictatorship in Haiti continues on March 29 in Montreal, as well as in some thirty cities across the United States and South America.
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