Canada at emergency meeting on Haiti amid spiralling crisis

Chaos and crime overrunning the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where the U.N. now says 15,000 people have been displaced over just the past week. Gangs calling for the ouster of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in control of nearly the whole city, leading to an emergency meeting of Caribbean and North American leaders. Strong and decisive action owned by the people of Haiti must be taken to stem the sea of lawlessness and hopelessness before it is too late. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joining virtually in a meeting that ran over five hours behind schedule. We're close to, close to resolving it, but there's still more work to do, and Canada will continue to be there with financial contributions, humanitarian contributions. Trudeau also speaking with Prime Minister Henri, who's stuck in Puerto Rico after gangs took over Haiti's main airport while the Prime Minister was in Kenya to finalize a U.N. security force that now has no safe way to get in or out. Kenya is a lead nation, but there are so many other countries that have pledged to contribute troops. Canada is not one of those countries, despite heavy pressure from the U.S. for years to send troops or police to quell the violence. It's like a patient that is on the table at the emergency, and doctors are still discussing what they should do with the patient. You can say, well, at the end of the day, you have to do something. But what the answer is still isn't clear. Both Justin Trudeau and many Haitians say the solution needs to be developed internally. We're not asking you to send food, money. You know, the websites of the Canadian government always says we just sent X millions of dollars to Haiti. We're not asking for that. So far this year, the number is 123 million from the Canadian government to help with security, but that won't help get the nearly 3,000 Canadians trapped inside Haiti out, Donna, with Global Affairs ruling out evacuation flights. Mackenzie in Ottawa, thanks.