MONTREAL — A Quebec man found guilty of attempting to foment an armed revolution to overthrow the government of Haiti has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Gérald Nicolas was sentenced at the Quebec City courthouse by Superior Court Justice Louis Dionne.

Nicolas was found guilty by a jury in March on all three counts he was facing following an investigation by the RCMP.

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says Nicolas in 2020 and 2021 left Canada to facilitate a terrorist activity against the Haitian government of former president Jovenel Moïse.

A trial heard he had travelled to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to recruit collaborators, obtain firearms, and that he leased land near the Haitian border to establish a base of operations.

Nicolas, 54, of Lévis, Que., just south

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