ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANADIAN-BACKED COUP...

The Toronto Haiti Action Committee (THAC) Presents:

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 HAITI AT THE CROSSROADS - THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

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FEATURING * Patrick Elie *

100 St. George Street @ 7pm February 28

Sidney Smith Hall, Room 2103

ADMISSION FREE, donations welcome

For more information contact: toronto-haitiaction@riseup.net

NOTE: All proceeds raised will go towards funding the work of the Sant

Obsèvasyon Sitwayen.

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WHO'S PATRICK ELIE?

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* Born January 1st 1950. Involved since 1967 in the fight against the

Duvalier dictatorship.

* Helped save Jean-Bertrand Aristide's life on September 11, 1988 during

the massacre at the Saint Bosco church in Port-au-Prince.

* National Coordinator of the fight against drug trafficking in Haiti,

1991-1994 (served largely in exile). During this time he investigated 

the

illicit dealings of the CIA-backed military regime of Raul Cedras.

* Secretary of State for National Defense, 1994-1995. Instrumental in

creating the National Police and dismantling the brutal Haitian Army.

* President of Foundation Eko Vwa Jan Dominique, an organization which

aims to pursue the work of the late journalist Jean Léopold Dominique,

assassinated on April 3, 2000. Founding member of S.O.S. (Sant Obsèvasyon

Sitwayen) a citizen watchdog group, created after February 29, 2004 coup

and whose motto is; "Politics is too important to be abandoned to the

politicians."

An interview conducted with Patrick Elie by Justin Podur, Anthony Fenton,

and Andréa Schmidt can be found at:

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=55&ItemID=9329

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ABOUT THE TORONTO HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE (THAC)

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THAC is a Toronto-based grassroots group of solidarity activists who 

work

with sister groups based in most provinces across Canada. We are united 

by

a determination to raise awareness of what is actually happening in 

Haiti,

and the real effects of the Government of Canada's support for the

February 29, 2004 coup d'etat that overthrew Haiti's

democratically-elected government. For more information about the 

network

or on Canada's role in Haiti, please visit 

http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca

and http://www.outofhaiti.ca or contact us at

toronto-haitiaction@riseup.net