Thank you for that clarification.
I want to go back to the question that I put to you earlier, which was regarding the role of Mark Carney as the economic adviser to the Prime Minister. Normally, such a person would be housed within the Prime Minister's Office. Therefore, normally they would be a designated public office holder under the Lobbying Act. Because Mr. Carney was technically housed in the Liberal Party, even though he was directly accessing the Prime Minister, and directly advising the Prime Minister on matters of government policy, specifically on economic policy, the result of that arrangement was that Mr. Carney was not subject to the Lobbying Act, as you noted.
Given that, what recommendation, if any, would you suggest to prevent something like that from happening going forward? Whether there was a deliberate intent to circumvent the act or not—and I think there likely was—it certainly is less than ideal from the standpoint of transparency, and from the standpoint of knowing who is talking to someone who has significant influence on decisions of the Prime Minister and the government in terms of policy.
