On Monday, Joly had said the 18 had already left, but Global Affairs Canada has clarified that their departure was put off due to bad weather.
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The airlift is only for Canadians who have valid passports, and Joly said she is asking Dominican Republic officials to allow relatives of citizens as well as permanent residents of Canada to evacuate as well.
The Canadian Embassy in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince can offer emergency documents to people with missing or expired passports.
As of Monday, officials said there were roughly 3,000 people with a connection to Canada who have voluntarily registered their presence in Haiti with the government.
Fewer than 300 of them had requested assistance to leave the country.
Fewer still — less than 100 of those asking for help, Joly said Monday — are Canadian citizens with valid passports.
Only about 30 of them indicated they were “travel ready,” an official told reporters.
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