Embassy Talking Points

Published June 22, 2005

Haiti Conference

Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew was doused with fake blood on June 17, the last day of a two-day conference on Haitian reconstruction held in Montreal. Protestor Yves Engler spent the night in a Montreal jail, but will not face charges. "It is completely understandable that Canadians may be offended by the action taken this afternoon. I only ask them to consider whether they are offended...