The Lobbying Act is a fairly robust framework in the way that it has been set up. There is probably a reason that there has not been a significant change made to the legislation since 2008. Obviously, there have been a number of changes with respect to the expectations of Canadians around transparency, technologies and the use of social media, which certainly would necessitate considering updates that could be made to the act. However, overall, the Lobbying Act, along with the other parts of the integrity framework that are in place, is relatively sound.
