I think that would be very helpful. I want to get a sense from you about whether or not it's just a one-way conversation in terms of clarifying rules for members, or if it also helps you get your feet on the ground in terms of the political realities.
I don't know if there is any member who has ever been elected who was actually told what the job entailed. We all thought we would come here and do policy. When I was elected, I found in a riding as big as Timmins—James Bay that I was suddenly a shop owner. I had three shops, I had a budget, and I get requests to go to meetings. They want to take me out for lunch. Well, is that someone trying to buy my favour, or is that someone explaining the industry to me? We have requests for advertising.
We're all out there, and people will make mistakes as they're trying to make their judgment day to day. But some of the work we do is...you know, it's a messy business; we get our hands...not dirty. We're in the communities, we have budgets, and we have to make these decisions.
When you meet with the MPPs, does it somehow change how you see what is appropriate and what isn't, based on what happens on the ground, or do you have a very clear set of rules and the MPPs need to understand it?