McKenna's paper

Canada and the Haitian Crisis
by McKenna, P. Journal of Canadian Studies, Peterborough: Fall 1997. Vol.32, Iss.3; pg.77

This article examined the nature and extend of Canada's involvement in the crisis in Haiti. It also explains how much the Canadian government had a leading role- within the OAS (Organization of Amrican States) in reestablishing democracy in Haiti after Aristide was ousted out of the country. The focus of this article was from 1991 to 1994 when Aristide came back to power.

McKenna's article argues that Canada's leading role in Haitian crisis was tremendous, but that it was a crisis where the Canadian government could look relatively good at a very little cost politically and economically. In addition, Canadian foreign policy is geared towards multiculturalism since Canada's interventions in foreign affairs are always within an organization (such as OAS, UNSC and NATO).