We're targeting the wrong people. I've been a political staffer. Knowing what the minister takes in his coffee is not a marketable skill when I go out to try to lobby.
There's a misconception. This industry, when I first got into it, was a Rolodex industry. It was who you knew. It's much more than that now. When I look at people who have worked very hard in ministers' offices, regardless of what party they're with, and all of a sudden find, when they.... It's never a career. It's a career for very few. Five years...and they can't use those skills to make a living. That really takes me back.
In terms of what you're talking about, the commissioner has been very aggressive at trying to get that back. People say, “Oh, I'm under the 20% rule,” or, “I'm not lobbying. I'm just giving advice.” There is a series of advisory opinions that try to flush out exactly what you're talking about. However, I would argue it doesn't belong in an advisory opinion. It belongs in the legislation itself. That's something you may want to look at.