The House of Commons foreign-affairs committee is urging Ottawa not to send troops to clear out Haiti’s violent gangs, but instead to beef up sanctions targeting that country’s political and economic elite.
Members of Parliament on the committee say Canada should make clear its military will not participate in direct military operations on the ground — which means rejecting a request from Haiti’s de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry.
Marauding gangs have filled a power vacuum in Haiti left after the 2021 assassination of its president, leading to widespread hunger, a collapse of basic health services and disturbing accounts of sexual violence….