I'm going to direct my questions to Mr. Larkin.
I take your point, but I'm going to push back a little on your submissions with respect to the commissioner's recommendation around communications, whether they be oral, written or pre-arranged.
At the end of your testimony, you suggested that this could result in having to issue or file a report upon there being any communication with a public office holder, such as running into a public office holder at an airport lounge or on the street. When I look at the act in terms of what constitutes lobbying, it relates to a communication with respect to “the development of any legislative proposal”, “the introduction of any bill or resolution in either House”, “the making or amendment of any regulation”, “the development or amendment of any policy or program”, “the awarding of any grant, contribution or other financial benefit” or “the awarding of any contract”. That seems very different, in substance, from simply running into a member of Parliament or a senator and saying hello at an airport lounge.