Well, there's the letter of the law and then there's the perception. The basic rule is every public office holder shall arrange his or her public affairs in a manner that will prevent the public office holder from being in a conflict of interest. That's not a perception; that's an actual conflict of interest. So that's the fundamental rule. I can't remember off the top of my head where the perception comes in here in the rules.
You know, there's a question of whether it's prohibited and then there's a secondary question of whether it will create such flak that it's a problem, or whether it just smells.
Are we talking about the code here? We're talking about the act, I guess.
There are rules here that are pretty good. As I said before, it's one of the more rigorous pieces of legislation when you compare it to other countries'. These rules are not bad. They're quite effective.
It's a personal choice as to what situations one wants to put oneself in. It may not be caught by the rules that are in the act or the code, but there's a personal choice to be made as to whether one wants to do something.