If I may, one thing, of course, is that these amendments to the Lobbying Act have only been in place for a little over one year, and the Conflict of Interest Act that Ms. Dawson administers is also quite new. So I think that during this initial period of time, items like the one you have just mentioned are coming to lightâmaybe a definition in one statute doesn't quite mesh entirely well or 100% with that in another statute. I think that's part of the process of beginning to understand how the new legislation works and how best to implement it.
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