Mr. Chair, I would like to reiterate some of the points I've made. A first key step and a fundamental role of the CSR counsellor will be establishing facts, undertaking fact-finding. In addition, the mission on the ground can work with the host government, which has the legal frameworks to address violations of their codes and standards, and look for ways to proactively address concerns.
We also—and in particular in my role—are very regularly approached by many of the governments of these countries in terms of working positively and proactively to build their governance capacity. They have the sovereign right as states to design, implement, and enforce their laws and regulations. I've routinely worked with Colombia. Last week I had a delegation in from Ecuador that is looking to do that. They've had challenges and they have turned to the Government of Canada for expertise to address those. We've looked at sharing practices and experience from Canadian aboriginal communities with their indigenous communities.
So there are a number of facets and approaches that can be taken to proactively avoid and prevent challenges from arising—in particular, in a host country, capacity building and increasing awareness and uptake with CSR, performance expectations that the government has outlined of our corporations working abroad. And then through the national contact point, CSR counsellor, the work of the missions abroad, EDC, and the pension plan, there are measures for finding out what exactly is happening and seeking to mediate or resolve those and taking measures, including EDC through its compliance officer and adoption of alternate principles, that would have implications for the corporation in question.