Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beefing up Canada’s embassy staffing in Haiti to work closer with security officials as Ottawa continues pushing the country’s political leaders to find consensus on how the West can help manage the ongoing crisis.
The news comes after Canada’s UN ambassador Bob Rae briefed ministers and bureaucrats on Tuesday about his visit to Port-au-Prince last week.
Rae met with political leaders and grassroots groups, whom Ottawa is pushing to find consensus on how to help the country.
Trudeau’s official readout of the Tuesday meeting notes an unspecified number of officials will form a team within Canada’s embassy “to better liaise and engage with Haitian security stakeholders” on how Canada can respond to local needs….