Thank you. I appreciate your answering the question. That seems pretty clear to me.
When it comes to lobbying, someone wields influence to receive a benefit that is not necessarily in the public interest and helps one side unilaterally.
What are the countries that have better success preventing this kind of action doing? What mechanisms have they put in place?
I'll give you an example. What are they doing to fight corruption effectively, whether through a parliamentary mechanism like ours or through an ethics commissioner or a commissioner of lobbying, as is the case here in Canada?
Here in Canada, we're fortunate to have a parliamentary system where the opposition puts questions to the government every day. If there is an actual or perceived ethical breach, people will be invited to appear before a non-partisan committee, and the committee will conduct an investigation.
Do you think this increases people's confidence in our system? Does it prevent corruption and conflict of interest?