Is Canada doing enough to help Haiti?

Is Canada doing enough to help Haiti? | GZERO World

At their last summit, US President Joe Biden asked Canada's PM Justin Trudeau to send Canadian troops to help restore security in Haiti. But so far, there's no deal — and the country remains stuck in lawlessness.

Canada wants to focus on Haitian-led solutions, Defense Minister Anita Anand tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

But how can you do that when we don't know who's running Haiti? All the elected officials have fled the country.

Still, Anand believes that "we can't simply throw money at a problem and expect it to go away."

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