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11 march 2010, 11h37

OTTAWA: MONTREALERS CALLED UPON TO HELP HAITI

Haitian expatriates living in Montreal will be asked to play a role in the reconstruction of their ancestral homeland that was wrecked by an earthquake in January. About 100,000 Haitians live in Montreal. Some will take part in a three-day gathering of expatriate Haitians in Washington later this month. Haitians living in Miami and France also will take part. The Ottawa-based Foundation for the Americas, a think tank for Latin America, has told the Canadian Press that the OAS will be looking to the Montrealers for help in such professions as medicine and teaching, while Haitians living in the U.S. will likely supply business leadership and entrepreneurial skills. One million Haitians are U.S. residents. The Foundation says that Haitians expatriates are the largest external source of financing for their homeland. They send home as much as $2 billion a year, or about one-quarter of Haiti's annual income.





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