We don't really settle out of court per se. When a prosecution is started it's not actually our office that does the prosecutions. It's the police and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. In fact, there could be a plea bargain in a case like that, or in any case. As I mentioned, technically if a consultant lobbyist is required to register he's required to register within 10 days. So really on the 11th, 12th, or the 15th day that person is in breach of the law. If we get a situation like that, we will not refer that file to the RCMP because they will say, “It's not in the public interest to prosecute that person”. What we will do is send them a letter and tell them, “Don't do that again and we'll be monitoring you essentially”.
On October 5th, 2017. See this statement in context.