MONTREAL — Former governor general Michaelle Jean vividly remembers the shock of seeing the country of her birth after it was hit by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. “It was as if an atomic bomb had been dropped on Haiti,” Jean said in an interview with The Canadian Press this week. As titular commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the governor general contacted defence headquarters, and a Hercules plane was loaded with supplies. Hiring replacements was difficult as the state struggled to compete with international organizations that pay better. But in the end the impact of the international NGOs was not lasting.

Source: National Post January 11, 2020 15:00 UTC