PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The federal government stepped up Canada’s role in relief efforts for Haiti on Sunday, announcing this country will send another 1,000 troops to protect and help earthquake survivors and will host an international meeting in Montreal on reconstructing the shattered nation.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay said about 1,000 troops from Canadian Forces Base Valcartier in Quebec will be heading to Haiti this week to help secure order in what he described as a “volatile” and “deteriorating” situation as thousands of people desperately await food, water, and medical help in the capital city, Port-au-Prince, that collapsed in an earthquake last Tuesday.
MacKay told a news conference in Ottawa the additional troops would boost to nearly 2,000 the Canadian Forces personnel in Haiti who will be under the command of Canadian Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche.
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