Professor Ben Tonra:

He is right in saying we are simply removing the UN Security Council requirement and not replacing it with anything else. That comes down, as Deputy Stanley referenced, to the issue of trust. Most governments will deploy military forces overseas on the decision of a government and parliament. If we do not deem that to be enough, then we have to think of other controls and other guardrails, as Mr. Noonan spoke about, that can be put in place. I make a couple of suggestions in that regard in my paper. That is a question the committee needs to grapple with. Again, most countries will deploy military personnel overseas because their government decides it and their parliament authorises it. If that is not enough for us, then we need to think of something in addition. I do not think, and this is where Mr. Noonan and I differ, that the UN Security Council fits that role any longer.