Thank you for that clarification, Mr. Wild. I'm not sure how much it cleared up in my mind.
If I understand your explanations on retroactive legal effect, only someone who the Prime Minister designates as having provided him with support and advice during the transitional period—that's from the date of the election, when one particular party is declared the winner, and the leader of that party then becomes the Prime Minister in waiting, until the swearing-in ceremony takes place—will be considered public office holders. Therefore, the five-year ban on lobbying the government will then apply. People who were working for that political party, on salary in some cases, volunteer in other cases, up to and throughout the actual election.... For instance, we could take the example of this last election. It began at the end of November 2005 and took us all the way to January 23, 2006. So you could have a multitude of individuals who were working. Let's use the example of the Conservative Party, which was then the official opposition, working directly in the office—