Of course, I cannot speak for the other commissioners of lobbying. But I can tell you that, for the commissioner of lobbying in Quebec, budgets are annual. I also sense a great deal of respect for the office and for the legislation.
We do not have all the powers we would like to have. In addition, if we succeed in amending our legislation, which I hope will happen very soon, we will not really need a lot of additional resources because of the huge amount of work we did beforehand, especially on the registry of lobbyists.
I can't comment on the funding for the federal commissioner. But I can tell you that, in Quebec, we are seen as important. We get the budget that we want.