Sure. Thank you. That was a good point.
There were many things that we saw improved. One that the membership really appreciated was the update to the preamble. There was an acknowledgement of transparent ethical lobbying and that it is a legitimate part of the public policy process to help inform federal public officials. We found that this part was really critical to involve and update.
We also found that the move from the four-year threshold within the political work to the cooling-off period of two years for senior and highly and strategically valued participants and volunteers in campaigns makes a lot more sense, particularly given the minority government situation.
Originally the four-year threshold was tied to fixed election dates. In today's situation, we all know that a fixed election date is often not the cycle we're operating in. We thought that reducing the cooling-off period to two years was more attuned to the actual situation with elections and what that rule was supposed to address.
However, we still have concerns around political work generally being added in through a non-statutory instrument like this.