Thank you for the question.
As you can see in our brief, with regard to the 20%, we think the same rules should apply to all consultant, corporate, or organizational lobbyists. I think earlier this week the commissioner, the Government Relations Institute, the Public Affairs Association, and even the Canadian Bar Association made reference to this not being consistently applied. Therefore, when individuals are lobbying members of Parliament or government officials, it is not clear who they are dealing with.
We believe that a change going forward to delete this carve-out would create a consistent group of individuals on the designated public office holder side.