As mentioned in my remarks and in the brief, we consulted our membership on this review and asked them a series of questions. One of the specific questions was the impact around day-to-day work.
We had about 24 respondents. We have a membership of about 400, and the membership is a mix of individuals and organizations. About half of the respondents indicated that they are currently not registered federally, because they don't meet the current threshold of that number of hours. Many of our members lobby provincially, but they're not registered federally, because they may not be engaging members of Parliament or government departments or they are below that threshold. Changing that threshold would have a significant impact on those organizations that would now have to register.
It would be a significant impact, particularly for those smaller organizations and particularly for those who might only incidentally invite you to come to an event or want to have a meeting and so forth. It would have an impact.