I think there is an important distinction to be drawn between the prohibition on lobbying under the Lobbying Act, which actually has a criminal sanction regime sitting behind it versus the more generic post-employment regime that's under the Conflict of Interest Act.
With respect to the Lobbying Act, there are a couple of things in there beyond the criminal sanction. There is the report to Parliament part which, for a lobbyist, I would think actually carries a fair bit of impact. If you have been publicly outed as having violated the Lobbying Act, I don't know how you could continue to necessarily have a livelihood that's based on lobbying. My guess is that most people would not want to use a lobbyist who actually is being seized—