Following the announced resignation of unelected Haitian President Ariel Henry, Haitians in the province want Haitian expertise to take centre stage in finding a way out of the current crisis gripping the island nation.
Haitian community leaders in Montreal are expressing dismay at current efforts to quell the outbreak of violence by armed gangs in the Caribbean country.
In the wake of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry s resignation, community leaders gathered at Montreal s Maison d Haiti to ask the Canadian government to step up its efforts to deal with the crisis shaking their homeland.
Marjorie Villefranche, director of la Maison d’Haïti, and Thaís Fernandes, project manager, created the program "Nous aussi on est le Québec" to help immigrant youth who ''don't feel that they are citizens'' integrate into Quebec society. It will be ongoing weekly until May 2025.