Foreign Affairs committee  I am aware of that concern. Our current jurisdiction is based on territorial jurisdiction as interpreted in R. v. Libman. The way that jurisdiction is interpreted is that if it's something with a real and substantial link back to Canada—so a decision made here, the money came thr

Foreign Affairs committee  They should be able to report that to the RCMP.

Foreign Affairs committee  If it's reported to the RCMP, the complaint would be referred then to one of the international anti-corruption units, whether in Calgary or in Ottawa.

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of the particular jurisdiction and trying...?

Foreign Affairs committee  There might be. In the first instance, the primary jurisdiction for investigation would be, if it's an offence under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, our investigative unit.

Foreign Affairs committee  Oh yes. I'm sorry, I'd misunderstood your question.

Foreign Affairs committee  Could you slightly elaborate on your question?

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. You would need to see that working as well. That is part of the work that's done by the United Nations in relation to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. And the OECD's anti-bribery working group does peer reviews. Part of that peer review process is a review

Foreign Affairs committee  Not all of what we do would be based on complaints. In part we operate from open-source information, so intelligence. With respect to the OECD having criticized what Canada is doing, in part that's as a result of the Government of Canada's policy with respect to advising them or

Foreign Affairs committee  —taking this seriously. The first conviction you're referring to is what, sir?

Foreign Affairs committee  It sounds like they don't exist yet.

Foreign Affairs committee  My understanding of your hypothetical is that it isn't something that's covered by the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. It might be something that might be...it depends where the representation is made. If it was a representation made in Canada, with respect to how fun

Foreign Affairs committee  There are quite a number of offences in the Criminal Code that relate to fraud.

Foreign Affairs committee  Your question was, what needs to be in place?

Foreign Affairs committee  If I understand, your question is quite broad, but I think the United Nations Convention against Corruption is an anti-corruption strategy. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, their anti-bribery convention is also part of a strategy. The cooperation betwe