Yes. It can be one or the other. Just like it can't be the auditor of a company who sells tax services at the same time because that's a conflict, I think it's a conflict to be contracting to the government and being a lobbyist to the government at the same time. We saw huge problems in the previous PMO where the revolving door between the lobby firm, the contracting firm, and actual people in the PMO was so offensive that Canadians recoiled with shock.
On May 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.