Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions against 3 individuals who are actively undermining the peace, security and stability of Haiti. These individuals are being sanctioned in response to their involvement in serious disruptions of international peace and security, as well as grave violations of human rights. 

Canadian measures 

The Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations impose a dealings prohibition related to listed individuals that effectively freezes any assets they hold in Canada. These sanctions also render the listed individuals inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

The specific prohibitions are set out in the regulations. 

The names of the individuals added to the schedule of these regulations are the following:

• Dimitri Hérard: Head of the National Palace General Security Unit under Jovenel Moïse from February 2017 to July 2021
• Jeantel Joseph: Director General of the National Agency of Protected Areas from 2017 to 2024
• Jeff Larose: Leader of the Canaan Gang