I am going to state a principle. Mr. Jaffer, before being elected, I had to officially state my desire to run, and we know full well that neither my party nor Elections Canada would have allowed me to put my name on a ballot if everything had not been done according to the rules.
I think the same logic applies to lobbying. Even if you did not know whether you would be successful in your attempts to obtain information or access, it seems to me that it would have been logical, for both you and your friends in government, for you to be registered as a lobbyist. That's normal. You should have registered as a lobbyist before you took any steps, because you might have been asked questions about the nature of your relationship with your friends and your former colleagues.
Wouldn't you have found that normal and logical?