In a press release, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, announced that Canada has imposed new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations, in response to large-scale acts of corruption fueling the ongoing crisis. in the country.

These latest sanctions target 2 members of the Haitian elite: businessman Charles Saint-Rémy, alias "Kiko", brother-in-law of former President Michel Martelly, who is said to be close to current Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the former deputy, Arnel Bélizaire with a heavy past https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29399-haiti-flash-belizaire-arrested-in-possession-of-an-arsenal-of-war.html The sanctions impose a trading ban on them, which has the effect of freezing any assets they may have in Canada. These people are inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

"Canada has reason to believethese individuals are using their status as high-profile elites in Haiti to protect and enable the illegal activities of armed criminal gangs, including through drug trafficking and other acts of corruption [...] These people must stop providing funds and weapons to criminal gangs in Haiti," says Minister Joly.

Read also about the sanctions and the people sanctioned :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38464-haiti-sanctions-laurent-lamothe-intends-to-fight-against-canada-until-he-is-cleared.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38411-haiti-canada-new-sanctions-against-2-former-haitian-ministers.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-38358-icihaiti-justice-sanctions-become-international.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38335-haiti-flash-the-usa-sanctions-romel-bell-and-rony-celestin-for-significant-corruption.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38280-haiti-flash-two-new-senators-hit-by-american-and-canadian-sanctions.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38276-haiti-justice-the-european-union-sanctions-jimmy-cherizier-alias-barbecue.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38274-haiti-justice-former-prime-minister-ceant-sanctioned-by-canada-organizes-his-defense.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38216-haiti-politic-details-of-canadian-sanctions-on-listed-haitians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38192-haiti-sanctions-laurent-lamothe-demands-an-apology-from-canada.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38188-haiti-politic-strong-reactions-from-gary-bodeau-sanctioned-by-canada.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38184-haiti-flash-canada-sanctions-martelly-lamothe-and-ceant.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38176-haiti-flash-canada-imposes-sanctions-on-3-other-haitian-politicians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38072-haiti-politic-reaction-of-youri-latortue-sanctioned-by-the-usa-and-canada.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38058-haiti-flash-chancellor-of-canada-melanie-joly-announces-sanctions-against-j-lambert-and-y-latortue.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38056-haiti-flash-j-lambert-and-y-latortue-sanctioned-by-the-usa-all-the-details.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37944-haiti-crisis-at-the-un-haiti-welcomes-the-adoption-of-sanctions-and-recalls-the-urgency-of-armed-intervention.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37943-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37919-haiti-un-barbecue-at-the-top-of-a-blacklist-vote-of-the-resolution-pending.html

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