The Law and Order Agenda Goes Abroad

The Harper government’s priority in Haiti, finely calculated to please the base:

Canada has committed $10.8 million for Haiti, including $9.5 million toward construction of a new headquarters for the Haitian National Police, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon announced in Montreal yesterday.

The two-year project will be carried out through Canadian Commercial Corp., a crown corporation that acts as Canada’s international contracting and procurement agency [Montreal Gazette]

Next up: prisons. Because 1.3 million people living in tents for nine months are all potential criminals. Stockwell has a feeling.