Right now the provincial jurisdictions that have lobbying registration systems have a cooling-off period for political staff or public office holders of one year.
There are some differences, such as a cabinet minister, for example, who was involved in sensitive negotiations in a particular sector becoming a lobbyist in the same sector where his or her ministry dealt with a variety of very sensitive files. We think that to make the system fairer, individuals leaving public office or political staff roles or senior civil service roles should have a cooling-off period of one year. That would be consistent. With the 20% rule, it would mean.... Typically, they would not be able to engage in lobbying activity for a year.