RCMP likely to assist Haiti military intervention as trainers, senators hear

Global Affairs Canada says Canada is likely to deploy RCMP officers to Haiti to act as trainers in a multinational military intervention, with officials promising an added focus on preventing sexual violence.

“The RCMP are looking at being focused on technical training,” said Lisa Vandehei, the head of an interdepartmental task force on Haiti at Global Affairs Canada.

“Canada’s training mission, the planning for it is still underway,” she testified at the Senate…