I am not as concerned about who is getting paid to influence as I am about who is influencing. The point I was trying to make is that, if we overly concern ourselves with who is getting paid and how many hours they're trying to influence, then we're losing, I think, what the point of the act is. The point is to have transparency so that we can understand who is influencing.
I believe that Commissioner Bélanger made some recommendations about how people would register: For example, if you're a member of a board, should you be registering as a consultant or as part of the organization? Those are interesting recommendations that I'm sure you're all considering.
I don't think that being paid a salary per se should be a defining factor for whether you're required to register. There are all sorts of people who advocate on behalf of organizations, with all sorts of different ways of being compensated or quid pro quo. I think that's probably a conversation you need to have, while looking at specific examples in front of you.
