At our office, we have a compliance monitoring process. The first time a person contravenes the rules, they receive a letter from the director of registrations and client services. If it happens a second time, we open an administrative review file and the person receives a letter from our director of investigations. The third time—although that's a hypothetical situation—the commissioner sends a letter to the person in question.
In general, I get the impression that we have good information and that this process works well for us. In fact, after the second letter, people respond that they will develop a process for complying with the Lobbying Act and ensuring that the monthly communication reports are sent within the required time limit.
From my perspective, this is our alternative to administrative monetary penalties. It's been working fairly well, maybe not 100%, but quite well.