I absolutely agree with the second statement more than I agree with the first one. There are differences everywhere around the world. To say that one is better than the other will depend on the prism through which you look at the performance of those systems.
I am not going to celebrate the U.S. system, which is administered by the Internal Revenue Service. That is the last person you want administering the lobbying registration rules in Canada, I think. I also think that there's quite a bit of skepticism about whether or not they have similar problems, if not worse problems, in the United States about the interplay between lobbyists and political actors. Part of that is because of their contribution rules, which are a problem that we don't have in the same way.
I believe that we have the best system that I have seen. Can it be improved? Absolutely, it can be improved, but I don't think we should be making some of the more fundamental changes that have been recommended.