It's just something we're trying to clarify, because clearly under the Lobbying Act, you're dealing with lobbyists giving gifts, and they're doing this because they're hoping to influence. It could be okay, it might not be okay; you're interpreting that. We're trying to define it under the Conflict of Interest Act, because you have the reporting office-holders, we have public office-holders, which is a slightly different definition, but it's not really clear what exactly an ordinary member of Parliament is supposed to report, because we see a really clear set of rules in terms of conflict of interest with ministers and parliamentary secretaries. Do we need to define that language a little clearer so there is no ambiguity?
On March 4th, 2013. See this statement in context.