So I gather that we can probably achieve the objective by using another term.
You mentioned the five-year prohibition and you also said that it could be eliminated when there is a change of government. In my work here, I have had occasion to wonder whether the five-year ban is useful. For example, when I was on the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology in the last Parliament, I saw a former minister of industry become a senior manager in a telecom firm without registering himself as a lobbyist. People talk; words get around.
To what extent can we prevent someone from lobbying—perhaps with some ethical shortcomings—if that person really wants to?