With regard to your comments, thank you for the support on the amendment we've put forward to subclause 9(5). It's very much appreciated.
I can only echo what Mr. Gratton said. Our process did not cover aboriginal payments and so that is something new to this movement. We were very supportive of the two-year delay and of further consultation. I would reiterate that this consultative process will be incredibly important moving forward.
That said, I think that the anti-corruption benefits of this legislation will extend to communities, and I don't think we can exclude Canada from that. I'm not implying there are wide swaths of corruption, but we have, over the last year, witnessed significant incidents of municipal-level corruption, for example, in Canada. I think we do need to keep in mind that this type of accountability and transparency can have positive impacts on the ground wherever there are communities that are looking to increase the benefits they receive from the resources in their region. That's the only comment I would make.