Mr. Speaker, lobbying has been around for as long as politics has been around. To really stamp it out through legislation may be a very difficult thing.
One matter that must be brought forward on any deal, compensation package or transaction the government involves itself in with private industry is if it is all laid out on the table for it to be examined by the public and everyone knows exactly where they stand in any operational deal, one is going to avoid a lot of questionable activities. If it is protected and hidden behind closed doors, the lobbyists will be the most effective. Exposing it to light, of course, they are the least effective.
From that point of view I would like to see things certainly brought to the forefront when it comes to any kind of privatization deal in the future.