Our recommendation is that, at the very minimum, we should reduce the hours to fit the parliamentary election cycle of four years. That would bring it closer to international and provincial standards. Most of those cases are actually between six months and two years. We are still at a very high standard.
Part of it is also that the ban itself can be a detriment for experienced private sector individuals to working in government or in the offices of MPs, which could then be captured at some point by the ban. Part of it is also to better align...so that there's clarity with the election cycle. That would also reduce the challenges on the post-employment side.
