Mr. Conacher, I guess the issue of the revolving door is a real concern for us. I think what made access to power so disturbing before is that if you were a cabinet minister or you were a deputy minister, you could set up a nice little nest egg in the bureau, walk out, go into private practice, come back four months later and walk out with the prize. That was how things were done.
Now we have a five-year rule, and some people say the five-year rule is not fair. But I think it would send a really bad message to Canadians if we have a rule but we're saying we want to weaken the rule.
You talk about a fairness slide so that we ensure we're not overly penalizing members of Parliament who might want to go back to work even if it's in the non-profit sector. You're talking about a sliding scale. How do we define that sliding scale so that we're not sending a message that we're loosening the real clear rules that were set out under the Accountability Act?