Toronto armoured vehicle company rejects Haiti’s claim it hasn’t lived up to its word
Global News
The Toronto company making the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles says it's working as fast it can in the face of supply-chain disruptions and mistakes by Haitian officials.
Haiti’s troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Prince.
Yet the Toronto company making the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles says it’s working as fast it can in the face of supply-chain disruptions and mistakes by Haitian officials.
In a Monday interview with Haitian radio, the country’s acting justice minister, Emmelie Prophète-Milcé, said in French that the majority of the 18 armoured vehicles her country ordered had yet to arrive.
“The supplier did not keep its word,” Prophète-Milcé alleged.
Violent gangs have held control over most of Haiti’s capital for months, leading to a shortage of essentials and medical care and a rise in sexual assaults.
As part of its response, Ottawa has said it is airlifting armoured vehicles to the country that were purchased by the Haitian government. Canada has so far opted to provide support to Haitian police rather than taking up the idea of an international military intervention.
Prophète-Milcé said that “the police could implement their strategy if all the armoured vehicles were delivered on time.”
The firm involved, INKAS, says it has moved as quickly as possible and has not breached the contract.
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