Comments on: Maple Leaf Rag Over ITAR Continues http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/281 Latest News on DDTC, BIS, OFAC, and other export law matters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brian http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/281/comment-page-1#comment-7215 Brian Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:36:31 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/281#comment-7215 The statement “We can no longer accept that companies established in Québec submit to foreign rules that infringe on the values and rights of citizens as recognized by the National Assembly,” coming from the Quebec Human Rights Commission, is hard to swallow for Haitians in Haiti. Canada fully participated in the U.S.-led economic coercion against Haiti's democratic government, of which the arms embargo was a part. Canada also played a leading role in the overthrow of Haiti's elected government in February 2004, which led to the deaths of thousands of democracy supporters- a significant infringement on the values and rights of citizens. For more information, see http://www.outofhaiti.ca/ or see "Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority", by Anthony Fenton and Yves Engler, http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca/article.php?id=67. The statement “We can no longer accept that companies established in Québec submit to foreign rules that infringe on the values and rights of citizens as recognized by the National Assembly,” coming from the Quebec Human Rights Commission, is hard to swallow for Haitians in Haiti.

Canada fully participated in the U.S.-led economic coercion against Haiti’s democratic government, of which the arms embargo was a part. Canada also played a leading role in the overthrow of Haiti’s elected government in February 2004, which led to the deaths of thousands of democracy supporters- a significant infringement on the values and rights of citizens.

For more information, see http://www.outofhaiti.ca/ or see “Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority”, by Anthony Fenton and Yves Engler, http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca/article.php?id=67.

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