If I were to compare the work of the Commissioner of Lobbying with the work of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, I would say that both should have the ability to impose penalties. A report on ethics has just been produced and it deals with proportional penalties.
Is it your impression that the Commissioner of Lobbying and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner should have the ability to impose penalties when dubious practices are identified? By that I mean penalties severe enough to discourage practices that are all but illegal.
Do you believe that more penalties of that kind should be imposed?
