I think Canada and the international community's failure has emboldened both the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments. By declaring these atrocities, I don't think things will be aggravated by it. Once they know that they will not live with impunity, and once they know that they will face justice, they can even counter the terms and make a little bit of negotiation.
Canada, in my view, has very good leverage on the central government of Addis, but so far, Canada, in my view, has not used that leverage. The leverage would help the government to back its track, and then to at least reduce the civilian atrocities. You can't fight with the military, but it would be the civilian atrocities and the rape.
Also, the government by itself has invited Eritrea, a foreign country, to decimate all its own population. Canada also has relations with Eritrea, so they could have been doing much better with the Eritrean government so that these two, the Eritrean government and the Ethiopian government, would at least understand that they will not be left with impunity and they will face justice if they continue.
Canada can have a very central role now when this African Union-led initiative comes. As I mentioned before, the African Union by itself, alone, cannot solve this very complicated matter. Countries like Canada, the United States and others would have a very good track on the central government.
In terms of declaring genocide, I don't think things would be aggravated on the ground.