Canada commits $60M to Haiti, wants UN to back U.S. gang suppression plan
Global News
The Trump administration is pushing the UN Security Council to replace a Kenya-led police mission in Haiti with a much larger and better-funded gang suppression force.
Canada has pledged $60 million to help Haiti fight back brazen criminal 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.
“We have to work collectively toward regional peace and regional security,” Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday at an event she co-hosted with her Haitian counterpart at the United Nations.
Haiti has been racked by violence and political chaos since 2021 and armed gangs control much of the country. Canada has targeted members of Haiti’s economic elite with sanctions, arguing they have collaborated with gangs sowing instability across the country.
In June 2024, Kenya launched a mission supported by the UN aimed at empowering the Haitian police and fighting back gangs, with a goal of establishing peace and permitting elections.
Canada has helped the mission mostly by co-ordinating international aid, surveillance and training.
This week, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing the UN Security Council to replace the mission with a much larger and better-funded gang suppression force.
Anand told the meeting she co-hosted Tuesday that the proposed “renewed and enhanced security mission” is crucial to reopening schools and stopping a hunger crisis that stems from widespread violence and property theft by gangs.
She said Canada is ready to spend $40 million to support that mission, if it’s adopted by the UN.
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