Ottawa Rejects Call for Special Haiti Envoy

revelation Dim 21 Fév 2010 - 8:14

U.S. channels will benefit: think tank
By JULIET O'NEILL, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 21, 2010 5:02 AM
The federal government has rejected a call to appoint a former prime minister as a Canadian "champion" for Haiti - deciding not to follow in the footsteps of U.S. President Barack Obama, who drafted Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to spearhead American support for earthquake-relief efforts.

Carlo Dade, executive director of FOCAL, has been urging Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to "reach across partisan lines" to appoint a former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien or Paul Martin, or former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney as a special envoy to bolster government efforts on Haiti with a private-sector campaign.

A Foreign Affairs Department spokesman ruled out the proposal yesterday, though, saying the door is not open to appointment of an envoy.

"No, it is a government of Canada initiative of the prime minister of Canada, supported by minister Cannon and minister Oda," spokesman Catherine Loubier said, referring to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda.

FOCAL is the Canadian Foundation for the Americas, an Ottawa-based think tank dedicated to strengthening Canadian ties with Latin America and the Caribbean.

Canada needs a person of stature who has the connections to harness corporate-sector funds for Haiti and to establish public-private partnerships to help in what is expected to be a complex but doable, multibillion-dollar rebuilding effort in Haiti, Dade said recently.

He predicted that without such a champion and a Canadian channel for corporate philanthropy and investment, interested companies will operate through U.S. channels, such as the Clinton-Bush initiative.

Dade says needs in Haiti are so great that the federal government needs to expand its "all-of-government approach" to an "all-of-Canada approach."

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revelation Dim 21 Fév 2010 - 8:34

Nou pa mande Canada pou'l fe memm jan ak gouvenman Obama ki chwazi Bill Clinton ak George W. Bush pou yo jete yon coup d'oeil sou partisipasyon gouvenman ameriken nan zafe rekonstriktion peyi d'Ayiti.

Sependan, anpil fondation ameriken ak organizasyon gentan sou terren an deja ap distribwe manje medicaman ak lajan, e se memm bagay sa yo tou kap fet avek peyi Canada.

Si gouvenman Canada designe yon envwaye special pou Ayiti, program Canada nan peyi d'Ayiti kap gen plis kredibilite e plis koordinasyon nan chanelizasyon fund sa yo pou diferan proje.

Si gouvenman Canadyen pa fe sa, se Foundation Bill Clinton ak lot oganizasyon americain yo ki pral pran tout kredi sa yo.

Fok pep canadyen we ki kote, e ki yes ki pral resevwa e kontrole lajan yo!!
Nou kwe ke chwa FOCAL la e 2 e 3 lot oganizasyon canadyen ta bon pou voye je sou progre kap fet nan peyi d'Ayiti.

Men nou konnen se politik!! Quebec ap fe bel bagay bo pa yo san aprobasyon Ottawa!
Ottawa pa kontan avek zafe refijee ayisyen ke Quebec ap voye monte a!!,
yon band pale e jeu de force kap fet la pandan ke tan ap passe e ayisyen ap mouri.

Nou pap fourre bouch nou nan bagay sa.

Nap kite haitien-canadyen ki gen lajan yo e intere yo mize nan jwet rekonstriksion Ayiti sa bay opinyon yo.

Vakabondag pa fet nan gouvenman Ayiti selman, men nan tout lot kote ki gen jeu de force politik.

Donk fok nou sispand avek zafe voye fleche anpwazonne sou dirijan nou yo!!

Ottawa Rejects Call for Special Haiti Envoy

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