So as our research has exposed, foreign aid to Haiti by the Canadian and American governments has often been very controversial. Toronto based Toronto Haitian Action Committee (THAC) is an organization dedicated to raising awareness about Canada's role in the 2004 overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It declares Canada's peacekeeping efforts as a myth, and attempts to shed light on Canada's foreign policy initiatives that do more harm than good in developing countries.
The "Hands Off Haiti" is a music project made in collaboration with the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN), a grassroots group of activists based in most provinces across Canada, and the THAC.
As stated on their website http://www.thac.ca/:
All funds raised from sales of the "Hands Off Haiti" compilation album go directly to the Haitian-based grassroots organization "Sant Obsevasyon Sitwayen" (SOS), a citizen watchdog group whose motto is, "Politics is too important to be abandoned to the politicians".
Visit http://www.myspace.com/handsoffhaiti to listen or to purchase this CD, its really provocative and inspiring!
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