From time to time these past days, I have been thinking of Emile Castonguay, a Canadian actor I ran into on the way to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the earthquake.

The tall and handsome man has been to Haiti several times and has even organized a Haitian film festival in Montreal.

However, his latest mission to Haiti was not related to film or art that he has a passion for, but to get three Haitians - his would-be sister-in-law and parents-in-law - to Canada since their house had collapsed during the earthquake on Jan 12.