It certainly will if it happens to be him.
The Holtmann committee submitted a good report. For instance, all those who had to register, it is all there in the Holtmann report. Disclosure of information as well. Today's proposals on administration, implementation and enforcement of the legislation are even stricter than what was recommended in the Holtmann report.
Look at what the report recommended, for instance, regarding the creation of a professional association and a code of ethics for lobbyists. It said lobbyists should immediately set up a professional association with a code of ethics. We go even further than that. The ethics counsellor himself will draw up a code of ethics on behalf of the lobbyists. We want it to be even stricter.
The person in charge, the public official, will do this himself, and I am referring to the person who will have this quasi-judicial role to play. He will have that authority. In this bill we have gone even further than the Holtmann report, which was already a good report.
We went farther than the current legislation. There were three stages. We started with the existing legislation, improved it with the Holtmann report, improved it in the red book, improved it further with the report entitled "Rebuilding Trust" and improved it again today with Bill C-43.
We had the benefit of the wisdom of the members opposite, because we even adopted some of their recommendations with regard to their amendments, which we voted on a few days ago. We were proud to do so, because this is what we want, and I hope this is what the hon. members opposite want as well. We want the most practical bill, nevertheless, the best possible, by reconciling everything that needs reconciling so that what we put forward is more than just fancy theories. We have a good bill and we will have the best, when the members opposite decide to let their colleagues vote so we can get on with this matter, which is important for lobbyists, the government and the people of Canada, who elected this government on its agenda, on its red book.