Canada minister to meet with Haiti’s Prime Minister

WASHINGTON, CMC – Canada’s International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino will meet with Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamote on Friday more than four months after he questioned the level of aid to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The meeting here will also be attended by officials from several international donors. In January, Fantino said his office would not initiate new projects until it had reviewed its Haiti assistance programme, warning that Canadian aid would not be a “blank cheque.”