Yes, I agree with you that not all lobbyists are the same. I am sitting here because there are three million-odd workers who support the CLC, but the reality is that the lobbyist registry registers me as a lobbyist. That means I'm covered by those rules, but it doesn't negate my rights and the role I play in the union movement.
Currently, what's in front of us when we look at these rules is that we're going to fall under that. If that was not the intention, then someone needs to go back to change where that's coming from.
The reality is those rules are clear. I hope it's clear from our testimony—we know these rules because we follow them—that we are going to get swept up in this. If that's not the intention, I think that's something you need to take on.
For us, of course not all lobbyists are the same, but the rules are laid out and we have to follow them.