Should the Government of Canada always intervene to stop mass killing?

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Should the Government of Canada always intervene to stop mass killing?
Since civilization there have been numerous atrocities committed against humanity across the world. Mostly, these atrocities involves massive killing of innocent people thereby resulting into genocides. For instance, for the last three decades the world has witnessed a considerable number of genocides such as those committed in Bosnia, Darfur, Somalia, Kosovo, Rwanda, DR Congo, Khmer Rouge, and so on (Xavier, 2007). However, genocide is referred to as the systemic and deliberate way of killing and destructing, in part or in whole, of religious, racial, ethnic or national group (Levy, 2008). Thus in all cases of genocide the common feature is massive killing as well as destruction of property.
In this essay the intervention of the Government of Canada in the attempt of stopping mass killing will be evaluated. The reasons why Canada should intervene to stop mass killing will be discussed in details. In this essay the case study will be conducted of Darfur genocide where hundred thousands of people were killed and millions others displaced from the region. The role of Canada in ending the Darfur genocide will also be evaluated in addition to its contributions in terms of providing peacekeeping troops, humanitarian assistance and diplomacy (Totten and Markusen, 2006).
Darfur is located in Southern Sudan formerly in Sudan and it has a population of approximately 6 million drawn from various tribes (Genocide Watch, 2011). When Omar Bashir the Sudan president took power in 1989 through a military coup, his governance led to increased regional tensions in Darfur. In the attempts to reclaim the political control of Darfur, weapons were supplied into the region and conflicts between nomadic Arab tribes and African farmers heightened. This resulted to two major rebel movements in Darfur taking arms in 2003 such as the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) against the Sudanese government (Levy, 2008). Their major grievances were marginalization and the failure of the Sudanese government to protect African farmers from Arab nomads` attacks (Genocide Watch, 2011). However, this led to a very deplorable situation whereby the Sudan government in response unleashed Janjaweed a group of Arab militias. Janjaweed militia collaborated with the Sudanese forces in attacking villages throughout Darfur completely destroying them while at the same time leading to killing of thousands others and displacing millions of people (Totten and Markusen, 2006).
Towards the end of the Darfur genocide which had resulted to systemic displacement and murder of Darfur residents approximately 400,000 lives were lost while at the same time over 2,500,000 people were displaced (United Human Rights Council, 2009). These numbers were alarming and the Sudanese government continued to dispute these estimates as well...