Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you for being here, Ms. Bélanger. We have known each other for a long time, since 2007.
When I was in the former government, parliamentary secretaries, ministers and the Prime Minister also inherited the title of public office holder. We had more extensive obligations than those of a member of Parliament with respect to lobbyists who met with us. We had to pay special attention to it.
Sometimes, even when we weren't taking part in official meetings, people approached us and talked to us about certain programs or government business. We were all in a pretty sensitive area. Sometimes we had to step back or ask if people were lobbyists or not. It's not exactly written on their foreheads that they're lobbyists. When they come to our offices and we ask them in, we think they are registered. We can ask them if they are registered or assume they are.
Is that still the case today? Do members also have more obligations than they did before 2015?