Mr. Speaker, at first I thought the member would stand to congratulate the government on its initiative after waiting a number of years for legislation that deals with the whole question of lobbyists. I was somewhat disappointed to see her turning in circles, repeating herself about 365 times to come back to the beginning and say that she is not happy. I do not know what will make the hon. member happy.
I will share this with the member in case she is not aware of what the committee has done so far. There were a number of amendments, a number of good suggestions that were brought forward by members of the committee and they were adopted by the committee.
The bill, along with all of the other good things in it, will now capture grassroots lobbying. In other words, any registered lobbyist who is involved in grassroots lobbying such as letter writing campaigns must disclose this as a communication technique.
Also, the committee felt very strongly that lobbyists should disclose when they are working on a contingency fee basis. This is not in fact prohibited by contracting policy. As well, from now on informational lobbying will be made easily available to Canadians. Industry Canada will put a registry online across Canada through a 1-800 number and on Internet.
I want also to bring to the attention of my colleague that the committee recognized that organization lobbyists and their goals are different. Most, if not all of them, will be subject to semi-annual update. Also, any organization that lobbies government will have to reveal the sources and the amount of any government funding it receives.
I do not know what the beef is in the hon. member's whole question. Since the government came into power the Prime Minister has appointed an ethics counsellor.