Trudeau Speaks With Haiti’s Outgoing PM About Crisis, Need for Political Agreement

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Haiti’s now-departing prime minister about the ongoing humanitarian, security and political crises in that country. A readout issued by the PMO on late March 11 said Mr. Trudeau expressed his concern to Ariel Henry about the situation in Haiti, and that he underscored Canada’s longstanding support for Haitian-led solutions. Mr. Henry announced on early March 12 that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. Mr. Henry has been locked out of his own country while travelling abroad, due to surging unrest and violence by criminal gangs that have overrun much of Haiti’s capital and closed down its main international airports....