▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁amid ▁a ▁re bell ion . ▁The ▁Mult in ational ▁Inter im ▁Force ▁( M IF ) ▁was ▁author ized ▁by ▁the ▁UN ▁Security ▁Council ▁to ▁deploy ▁in ▁H ait i ▁immediately ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁peace . ▁Of ▁the ▁ 2 , 7 0 0 ▁troops ▁initially ▁deployed , ▁Canada ▁contributed ▁ 1 2 5 . ▁By ▁April , ▁the ▁Canadian ▁cont ing ent ▁led ▁by ▁L t .- Col . ▁Jim ▁Davis ▁had ▁ris en ▁to ▁ 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁Nations ▁St abil ization ▁Mission ▁in ▁H ait i ▁was ▁established ▁later ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁as ▁a ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁M IF . ▁Since ▁then , ▁Canadian ▁contributions ▁have ▁been ▁limited ▁to ▁a ▁ 1 0 0 ▁police ▁officers ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁l ia ison ▁officers . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁Canadian ▁government ▁war ned ▁Canad ians ▁to ▁avoid ▁visit ing ▁H ait i ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁increasing ly ▁d eter ior ating ▁security ▁situation . ▁ ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁roughly ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Canada ' s ▁aid ▁program ▁implemented ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁whole - of - g overn ment ▁approach ▁that ▁aim ed ▁to ▁develop ▁and ▁support ▁the ▁trans itional ▁government . ▁More ▁money ▁was ▁being ▁spent ▁on ▁state ▁services ▁such ▁as ▁public ▁security ▁and ▁election ▁processes . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Canada ▁assist ed ▁in ▁international ▁efforts ▁to ▁help ▁H ait i ▁complete ▁its ▁first