Unfortunately I haven't had experience with cooling-off periods. In B.C., we just have a very limited cooling-off period. I don't think I'm equipped to answer that question. We recently held a conference in Vancouver on lobbying. Everybody who attended—from academics to industry to legal counsel and to my fellow registrars and commissioners—thought that the five-year period was too long and, in fact, it wasn't in the public interest to keep some of the talent out of the industry for that long a time period.
On February 7th, 2012. See this statement in context.