Operation Hestia

Opening the Jacmel airfield 24 hours-a-day was intended to help relieve congestion at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince.

[17] As of 24 January in Jacmel, the organization of refugee camps continued, with the start of construction of proper latrines.

Food distribution was being delivered by the UN, with Canadian soldiers providing security, and Haitian Girl Guides and Boy Scouts handling crowd control and organization.

[18] Canadian military firefighters were inspecting buildings in Jacmel to ascertain which were structurally sound and usable.

A Canadian military clinic had been set up on the beach, with the Forces also establishing a tent city for those residents who had lost their homes.

Canadian Forces were preparing for the increase in traffic, and were already dealing with degradation of the airstrip surface due to its current overuse.

[26] On 22 February, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon announced the start of a progressive drawdown of deployed Canadian Forces in Haiti.

[30][31] On 9 March, the Jacmel dockside Canadian walk-in medical clinic closed, after treating more than 10,000 patients.

[36] The UN also expressed approval of the mission by Canada, but stated that the Canadian troops would not stay long.

[40] Many groups charge that the Canadian Forces departed Jacmel abruptly, leaving it in no condition to continue on as a receiving and distribution hub.

[41][42] An internal governmental report on the operation after its conclusion noted that the DART team was not given priority in aid flights, and were left without equipment supplies or security that it needed to function at full capacity.