I guess I'm enough of a democrat to believe that dollar-a-year men with influence, or a small group of lobbyists, aren't the kind of interaction with the Canadian public that is healthy or the only type that's warranted. When you have an act like this act that endorses rather than really restricts their ability to have a priority say in government, I don't think it helps anybody.
When you don't record really any of the meaningful activities.... It's one thing to have a registrar who says vaguely, “You're lobbying for X person or company.” It's another thing to ask: “What did you do with Industry Canada in the technology partnership program when it came to the Pratt & Whitney grants, and what were the conversations?” It's a whole huge, different area.