Plea for Haiti's future from hemisphere-wide grassroots organizations

A petition asking for debt relief for Haiti post-earthquake, as well as an end to the historical pattern of mistakes by foreign powers, has been sent to Foreign MInister Lawrence Cannon. Canadian signatories include the Council of Canadians, Common Frontiers and other non-governmental organizations. It's worth a read for the ideas put forward to work with Haitians at the grassroots level and take concrete steps. Here's the link..

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[Susan Ashley]

Part of Canada?

Is this a crazy idea? What would happen if we welcomed Haiti into Canada as a province? We did it with Newfoundland. I remember the call each year to adopt some other Caribbean island into Canada. This would not be an imperialist move, instead it would give Haiti some stability that would not just end after a couple of years. A province has a great deal of autonomy (see Quebec) but we would mutually benefit in the long run from such a federation. We certainly have the bilingual capability.