Canada pledges $60M for Haiti, with most cash contingent on UN approval of U.S. plan

Canada has pledged $60 million to help Haiti fight its brazen gangs, with most of the funding contingent on the United Nations supporting an American plan to expand a police mission into a "gang-suppression force."

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $20 million for maritime security in the Caribbean aimed at stopping the flow of arms and drugs in and through Haiti.

Another $40 million would support the Trump administration's proposal for a gang-suppression force that would replace an existing UN police mission, but only if the UN backs the idea.

Anand co-hosted an event Tuesday with her Haitian counterpart at the UN aimed at finding a solution to the violent instability that has consumed Haiti since 2021.

At the House foreign affairs committee, MPs who pressed officials on whether Canada might send troops to Haiti as part of the UN mission were told that Ottawa's focus is on advocating for the U.S. proposal.

The Bloc Québécois says there should be more pressure on the U.S. to stop American guns from reaching Haiti, while the Conservatives are raising concerns about the prospect of foreign aid being diverted to Haitian gangs.