It's the federal government only. The situation right now is this: Let's say you worked for the Department of Transport, and you're an associate deputy minister. You leave, and you want to work for the Department of Agriculture as a consultant, or for a Crown corporation, etc. You have a two-year cooling-off period, and one year depending on your rank, and you have to come to me and ask if you can shorten that.
I don't see why. I don't see where the conflict is. I don't see where the ethical problem is. Whatever knowledge you have is government knowledge, and you take it from one end of the government to the other. Go ahead and do it. I don't want to see it.