Morning Update: Canada joins emergency meetings in Jamaica as Haiti crisis worsens


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Good morning, Canada’s UN ambassador flew to Jamaica on Sunday for emergency multilateral meetings on the deteriorating security situation in Haiti. Bob Rae said there was a need to re-establish order as violence escalates and armed gangs increasingly assert control in the beleaguered Caribbean country. In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Rae said the meetings – set to include U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as leaders from France, Caribbean countries and others – were convened urgently to try to stem the chaos. Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry is outside the country and has been attempting...