Khoon's article

Khoon, J.(Februaru 16, 2007) Le mandat (contesté) des Casques bleus en Haïti prolongé.
La Presse. Retrieved February 20, 2007, from
http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca/article.php?id=241

This article explains that the Canadian presence in Haiti is actually contested by population of the islands and the Haitian diaspora. In a resolution that was adopted unanimity by the United Nations Security Council, the operation on Haiti was prolonged for an extra 8 months and requested to see the actions against the rebel intensify in order to regain security and order in the small island.

According to the International Crisis Group(ICG), some Haitian NGOs and ActionAid, the mandate's priorities are wrong. To concentrate on military actions against armed groups cannot be a long term strategy. These groups also explains that the challenge is to help Haiti rebuild strong civil institutions along with restore the state of law, rebuild the judiciary system ruined by corruption and incompetency. ICG adds that crime is increasing, the prison have too many people and the poors do not have the right to a lawyer.

ActionAid insist that the fight against the rebel group is only going to bring a temporary peace to the country since the MINUSTAH retains good relations with other armed groups. According to ActionAid, it is imperative to rebuild the judiciary system.

Furthermore, according to documents obtained by the Haiti Information Project (HIP) under the information access law, the MINUSTAH admited to the US embassy that they used an "excessive force" during an operation on July 6 2005 at Cité Soleil. Theembassy wrote that more than 22 000 bullets were shot for about 7 hours and that they could have go in one of the fortune houses of Cite Soleil and kill civilians. As a result, Edmond Mulet, the person directing the MINUSTAH admited that they were collateral damages; Mulet said that 12 or 13 people were killed including 10 gangsters. After a study, the HIP concluded that 50 to 70 people were killed in that one evening.

When 2 albanophones from Kosovo got killed around the same time by Canadian troops, the interior minister quit and the UN police chief faced tremendous and harsh critism. In Haiti, "all the investigations were without a closing" says Lovinski Pierre-Antoine, from a Haitian NGO.