From our perspective at the Global Centre for Pluralism, the question is not just about resourcing and political will on the humanitarian front. Canada has an opportunity to play a role not just in bandaging solutions but also in really looking at how to connect this to durable solutions—the upstream effects of these situations—by focusing on peace and governance efforts. We spoke briefly about Syria. There are huge opportunities right now in the reconstruction process in societies like Syria's. Canada could be playing a leading role to support social cohesion and positive engagement in a post-conflict reconstruction process, one that augments humanitarian responses where we're also providing support.
At a time when there aren't enough resources, we have to make sure the resources in all these different baskets are reinforcing one another so that we don't just have a humanitarian strategy on one side and a peace or development strategy in other spaces. We can make sure we're bringing all of these together as a more cohesive strategy for Canada's foreign policy.