I'll be very happy to.
Transparency on payments and expenditures is a critical aspect of Canada's international assistance engagement and, indeed, on how all funding from the international assistance envelope is spent. That includes funding that goes to international financial institutions such as the AIIB . There's a multitude of different reports where all of this information is already reported. If Canada joins the AIIB and makes these payments, this would become part of those reports.
That includes the statistical report on international assistance that follows the report to Parliament on the Government of Canada's official development assistance under the ODAAA, Official Development Assistance Accountability Act. That is quite a robust narrative report. I think this year's version was quite thick, describing in some detail the projects that are funded with international assistance funding, the results that are achieved for it, and the purposes for which the money is used. The statistical report that's associated with that provides very detailed financial statements.
We also report on our international assistance, which would include this funding, to the bank through our OECD DAC reporting, which is a requirement of our membership to the OECD DAC. That information also appears twice a year, which speaks to the funding that would be made as part of these payments as well as the purpose of those funds.
Last, in terms of Canada's more domestic, slightly more parliamentary focused process, the payments to the AIIB would also be reported in addition to those external reports. Those payments would also be reported through the estimates process as well as in the public accounts, which provides further transparent reporting.