Not all communications with public office holders are considered lobbying under the Lobbying Act. It's considered lobbying by a lot of people, but the Lobbying Act does not cover all of the situations that are communications with public office holders.
The Lobbying Act needs to be reviewed. I can't say it enough. The last review was in 2012. We skipped 2017 and 2022. It needs to happen.
Yes, contracting was not in my preliminary recommendations in 2021 because I simply had not studied it enough, but I have now, and I have looked at the regime in B.C., and I do believe that there is a gap in the Lobbying Act with respect to contracting for organizations and corporations. It's not for consultants, obviously.