Thank you, Madam Chairman. I'd be happy to see Mr. Martin's list of well-connected Conservatives. I think that would be good nighttime reading for me; I could get a few laughs before I go to bed.
I welcome today's witnesses. It's very interesting. I want to thank you for the very substantive recommendations that we've heard today specifically around the Lobbying Act. I believe we are hearing some very good testimony on how we can strengthen this act, because ultimately this is about transparency, about making sure people have faith in our democracy.
I wanted to begin with the Canadian Bar Association and ask them—you didn't touch on it but it has come up a number of times—specifically about rule 8. There was a big article yesterday that was written that talked about the fact that...I would actually argue that overwhelmingly the exceeding majority of people want to follow the rules. They just want to know what the rules are and in some cases the rules aren't as clear as they should be, and you've made some recommendations on that.
Rule 8 has been subject to interpretation. Are there any recommendations that the Canadian Bar Association has around rule 8?