I think an international presence is an important element. It should not, certainly, come at the cost of other core activities of the organization, but I think it speaks well that Canada is seen as a model of democracy. I think it bodes well for Canada to be able to brand itself in other countries in assisting them to develop the democratic process for various countries in need.
I have had the opportunity to participate in a number of activities at the international level. As superintendent, I worked with the World Bank in a working group that was asked to design some critical factors for a successful and effective insolvency regime. In fact the World Bank was looking at emerging countries and wanted to facilitate the flow of capital to those countries, and they realized that one of the pieces of the puzzle was the need to have a solid legal infrastructure, and a piece of that legal infrastructure was to maintain an insolvency regime. So I had the opportunity to work with the World Bank, with the IMF, with UNCITRAL, which is a united commission dedicated to the harmonization of commercial law around the world.
We took various initiatives regarding cross-border insolvencies. We also helped countries design proper insolvency regimes so that, again, creditors, lenders, and investors could go confidently to various countries and place their capital there.