You'll see in our annual report that we will have a graph showing the interest in gifts. We had 2,800 requests for advice, and I think 400 of those were related to gifts. The subject of gifts has a high area of interest.
The guidelines we currently have are pretty long and cumbersome. I intend in the coming months to review them carefully to give as clear and concise advice as possible. It has to be based on the act, obviously, and the code. It has to be accurate. I'm trying to make them a little more user-friendly and, to the extent that I can, give indication in advance of how clearly the office will interpret a situation such as the one you've raised.
It would be useful if members or the committee could draw up a list of the most common occurrences where it would be important for MPs to get clear direction, what is in and what is out under the code.
When we talk about MPs, we talk about the code. The act is not applicable to MPs. Members of the government, of course, parliamentary secretaries and ministers, are governed by both the code and the act. However, as far as MPs are concerned, if I knew precisely, I would have a better sense of the most commonly arising situations where it's not clear to MPs.