I would commend to the committee a couple of papers that were done by the OECD, or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. They have 38 member countries and a public governance secretariat.
They have done comparative reports on conflict of interest legislation. I sent a link to the committee clerk earlier this morning. What they say is that we're not the very best, especially on some issues of enforcement, but we're respectfully in the top quartile or so of the 38 member countries. Different countries take different approaches to what's included, what's deemed and what the sanctions are. Britain is a good example. Australia is a good example. The provincial regimes in Canada are good examples. I would recommend that the committee try to find somebody from the OECD public governance secretariat to talk to.
