The then acting energy minister in the transition government, after Gadhafi was overthrown, commented that Gadhafi and his family treated the country's oil income as their personal piggy bank. So Libya is a good example of the kinds of systemic issues we've been talking about with regard to having a strong international transparency standard.
We're working in Libya. We actually ran the first public workshop on oil governance issues in Tripoli in December with Global Witness. It was very well attended by transition government members and workers; there were myriad forms of Libyan participation, which was very encouraging. They're clearly trying to find their way, and as you say, it's quite chaotic. There are all sorts of power struggles unquestionably under way, which is why we think that in a country like Libya--and across the board in the Middle East--a strong concerted message and supportive policies for strong governance of the oil sector will make a difference.
The new folks in Libya do look to the international community for guidance and want to know what the standard is. If there is no standard, then there isn't much guidance for them to look to. I mentioned earlier that Canada is an important voice in the G-8 and the G-20, and it would be very valuable for the Canadian government to join other voices in those groupings to say that we need a global standard and we should push it. We should push it in our international policies, and we should push it in our bilateral development assistance and in other political ways.