Thread by @TamanishaJohn

Anyway, Canada was the first to have boots on the ground during the 2004 coup in Haiti —making way for US troops to get into the country “safely.”This was always known, but more info came out about it this year.

sorry “Canada good” libs + leftists: breachmedia.ca/new-documents-…

“on February 29, 2004, Canadian special forces secured Haiti’s airport while Aristide was flown out of the country on a U.S. plane. Soon after, Canadian RCMP officers were training and vetting the newly reconstituted Haitian National Police.”

Side Note: Canada frequently “trains” police forces in the Caribbean. And in the 1970s and 1980s, Canadian training of violent state forces in the region was very extensive, given the “threat” of Black Power Movements 🙃

“Canada played a key role in planning and building the rationale for the overthrow of Haiti’s government in 2004…Canada hosted officials from the French and U.S. governments and the OAS and EU to discuss the “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine”

“In the aftermath of the meeting, internal briefings reveal Canadian govt anxiously monitored reactions to an article published in l’Actualité, the only article in the Canadian media that reported discussions to “overthrow Aristide” and “put Haiti under UN trusteeship.””

“The government came up with talking points to deny the claims… Over the next year, the “Ottawa Initiative on Haiti” would involve other secretive meetings with the Bush admins Dept and meetings by several branches of the Canadian govt where they discussed “worst case scenarios”

“with US and French representatives… The Canadian govt had been centrally involved in developing and popularizing R2P, but was eventually stalled by scepticism among Global South countries at the UN in 2009, after widespread criticism that it served as a pretext for overriding”

“national sovereignty and engaging in “humanitarian imperialism.” … At their peak, Canadian forces in Haiti would number 500 troops (including an infantry company, a helicopter detachment and support personnel) and 100 police officers.”

““Haiti is an international crime scene, and the criminals get away with it because their populations are not aware of how foreign policy of the U.S., France and Canada get implemented in places like Haiti.””