Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to all the witnesses for being here and giving us this information.
This is a very important piece of legislation, and I was pleased to hear you talk, Mr. Kessel, about how Canada is viewed by the rest of the world in this regard. We've taken a strong stand, and we are recognized as a country that is intent on combatting this problem.
I happened to be in an African country where a police official came on the bus. There were several parliamentarians there and the police officer was demanding a bribe from us to leave the country. It was kind of backwards to all of this.
Canada has signed on to the EITI because we believe we need to be clear about how we do business overseas. We signed on to the Equator Principles, and we have a councillor in place to deal with our extractive industries and our other businesses overseas.
Given that so many other countries are signatories to this OECD treaty we're discussing, can you talk a little bit about where Canada stands? Are we close to the top? Are we doing well? Are there other suggestions we can look at from other countries?