Thank you.
There are a couple of things that I hope I bring to the position. The first, as you've alluded to, is that I've spent all of my career really analyzing policy issues and sorting out what the implications are of particular options or choices for the economy on a whole range of issues. So I bring to it an ability to look at policy issues that are complex. I try to break them down, understand them, and provide the best advice I can to the minister of the day. So that's one issue, and it runs through the tax policy that I've been involved in, the financial sector policy, and a range of issues, and I look forward to applying some of those to the environmental file.
On the other issue that you raised as well, partnerships, in all of the areas I've worked, as I mentioned earlier, it has been important not only to think about what we are doing as a federal government, but also what is happening either at the provincial level here in Canada or in other countries, whether it be the United States or globally. And I think I've shown a capacity to work effectively in those domains.
For example, I chaired a federal-provincial committee on taxation when I was the ADM of tax policy. I was the chairman of a working party at the OECD, for two years, I believe. I was Canada's representative on the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, and I have participated in a number of other ways with colleagues in other countries or provinces.
As well, I mentioned earlier my involvement in setting up and implementing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. That was obviously a very intensive federal-provincial exercise, where I was the federal representative on the committee.
So I believe I bring a cooperative approach, and people have told me that. Now, maybe they're just being nice to me, I don't know. But I hope I bring that. And on the environmental issues that I'm working on, I hope I can bring that as well, in addition to providing, hopefully, the policy analysis that I've shown on the policy issues, and finally, an ability to translate those policies into actions. If I use the tax policy analogy, it's a matter of trying to think through what the options are for a tax policy issue, presenting them, deciding what to do, but then also making sure that the legislation is drafted and the regulations are there, the administration is proper, and that we get the initiative out the door, implemented, and people start complying with it.
So I think I bring a very cooperative, constructive approach to these multi-party exercises, and I expect, over the coming weeks, months, and years at Environment to be involved in a number of them, including, as was mentioned, within the federal government and making sure we're taking a cooperative, constructive approach with each other.