CANADA-SUMMIT-PM Trudeau calls for power sharing in Haiti.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday defended his government's decision to request a power sharing arrangement in Haiti as efforts continue to find a solution to the ongoing socio-economic and political situation in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

Canada on Wednesday noted the 'urgent need for a power sharing agreement between Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and opposition groups,' and speaking at the end of the Canada-CARICOM summit here, Trudeau reiterated the position when asked if he got Prime Minister Henry to bulge during talks here.

'There is no question in order for there to be a path forward on solving the security situation (and) creating a path towards new elections and ....strengthening the institutions whether it be the Haitian National Police, judicial or government institutions, the Haitian political class needs to be part of that solution.

'Right now, there is not even a consensus among the Haitian political class on whether or not someone should step in to stop people from being killed, murdered and raped in the streets of Port au Prince, Trudeau told reporters.

'We know and we have said, the international community including Canada and CARICOM are there to help. But there has to be a willingness, clearly expressed and articulated by the Haitian political class that this is the right thing.

'How they work out that consensus, how they they establish it, will be very much something that we are actively helping in building that level of consensus,' he said, recalling the CARICOM initiative of gathering all the stakeholders together to figure out a path forward.

' But those two things need to go together. Establishing security and stability, establishing a pathway to prosperity and to a stable future need to happen at the same time and that's what we have been pushing,' Trudeau said.

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