"Obama 'a major step' for humanity":Canada governor general

Barack Obama's historic arrival at the White House Tuesday is "a major step" for of all humanity, Canada's Haitian-born Governor General Michaelle Jean said Sunday on an official visit to the poor Carribean nation.Jean told reporters Sunday that she thought Haitians would be deeply affected by "this new chapter being written" in the United States.Jean, who moved to Canada at age 11, said the story of Obama's rise to the US presidency is a part of a "continual story of empowerment."The election of African American "is a major step not only for the USA, not only for the world's black population, but also for humanity,"she added."I think that without having met and talked to Mr. Obama, he knows very well Haiti's story,"she said.What happened in Haiti, where in 1804 the country's black African and creole population freed itself from slavery by overthrowing the colonial regime, was similar to Obama's election experience, in that Haiti's revolution was also "in the name of freedom, equality and fraternity,"she said.During her visit, Jean "will undertake a program of events that will strengthen the ties Canada has with Haiti, a central component of Canada's re-engagement in the Americas," said a statement read by Prime Minister Stephen Harper before her departure.Haiti, the largest recipient of Canadian aid in the Americas, is still recovering after being pummeled by three hurricanes and a tropical storm in 2008 that left some 800 dead and caused widespread flooding.
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