The five-year prohibition, as you've heard from others, is the longest, not only in this country but actually in any country in the OECD that has lobbying legislation. That said, my experience in administering the act is that I've received only 20 applications; I've granted five, and I've denied, I believe, six. There have been no challenges to these.
When you're looking at who's captured in the five-year prohibition...a sliding scale is one avenue, but right now students who are actually hired and are working in ministers' offices and who may go into leaders' and members'...who are hired under section 128 of the Public Service Employment Act are captured. I guess the question is, are these the types of individuals that the five-year prohibition was meant to capture?