What I wanted to ask you about is in the same vein as what the honourable member, Mr. McKay, just asked you about.
We've had the concept of the responsibility to protect in international law for quite some time. It has three pillars. I'm certain that as a prosecutor you're very aware of all three pillars. It seems to me that generally the international community is prepared to go to the second pillar, but for timely and decisive action, coercive action to wake up, let's say, a country's government to their responsibilities to make sure their population is not exposed to the four major international crimes—crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and ethnic cleansing—what do we need to do?
I've been on this committee for 12 years now. In this last couple of years, I've decided to make this my hobby horse, because too many times when hostilities begin, we've watched. We know where these things are going to go, but we sit by and watch as hundreds of thousands of people—in Syria's case—are killed and millions of people are displaced. It will take billions of dollars from the international community to rebuild, but of course we cannot possibly ever replace all the lives that are lost. Would you like to make a comment in that regard?