Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the situation in the Republic of Haiti constitutes a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted or is likely to result in a serious international crisis;

And whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that gross and systematic human rights violations have been committed in the Republic of Haiti;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations under paragraph 4(1)(a)^a and subsections 4(1.1)^b, (2)^c and (3) of the Special Economic Measures Act^d.

^a S.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 438(1)

^b S.C. 2017, c. 21, s. 17(2)

^c S.C. 2023, c. 26, ss. 254(2) to (4)

^d S.C. 1992, c. 17

Amendments

1 Part 1 of the schedule to the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations¹ is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

12. Luckson Elan (born on January 6, 1988) (also known as Lucson Elan and Jeneral Luckson)
13. Gabriel Jean-Pierre (born on March 31, 1984) (also known as Ti-Gabriel)
14. Ferdens Tilus (born on September 15, 1995) (also known as Jeneral Meyer and Jeneral Meyè)

¹ SOR/2022-226

2 Item 1 of Part 3 of the schedule to the Regulations is replaced by the following:

1. Joseph Wilson (born on February 28, 1993) (also known as Lanmò San Jou)

Application Before Publication

3 For the purpose of paragraph 11(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act, these Regulations apply according to their terms before they are published in the Canada Gazette.

Coming into Force

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.