Canada welcomes Haiti PM’s decision to eventually resign [Video]

OTTAWA –

Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations says a looming military intervention is the best chance Haiti has of uprooting gangs that are causing havoc.

Bob Rae says Canada has been focused on making sure Haitians are in charge of how to restore stability to their country, despite having no elected government.

The unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, has today agreed to leave office once a transitional presidential council is created, after months of pressure from Canada and its peers.

Haiti has been in a profound security crisis since mid-2021, and Henry has called for an international military intervention to clear out violent gangs that have taken over large swaths of the country.

Rae acknowledged that a military mission is controversial among the large Haitian diaspora in Montreal, but he challenged those who oppose the move to propose another way of ending the chaos.

Kenya had agreed to lead an intervention, …