As I said, I considered the Public Service Employment Act, political activities, in the determination. But when you look at the objective of that for public servants, it's to assure the public that we have a non-partisan public service. With the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct, and where rule 8 is placing the public office holder in a conflict of interest—as I said, the court case has introduced the real or apparent—it's not equivalent. The Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct are there to assure to Canadians that lobbying is being done transparently and to the highest standards.
On February 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.