My sense is that it is important who initiates the communication for a particular purpose. Under the Lobbying Act, those individuals or those who wish to engage to communicate.... Remember, the previous act made reference to “influence”, and that was deleted to simply make it “communicate”. I think that's strong enough in terms of who out there is communicating or addressing issues with government officials for a particular purpose. That's where I would draw the line.
I also tend to think, as someone who worked in government before, that I would not want to find myself having to think that I have to set out every conversation I have in a day, when I'm reaching out to someone in the public to talk to them about something I'm working on to help me engage in policy.