Information & Ethics committee  What I can tell you is that there will be no risk of a breach of privacy, in any way whatsoever. I come from the access-to-information field. Before I took this position, I worked in that field. So I am a firm believer in the protection of information. I will always make the necessary investments to ensure the integrity and protection of the information in the registry.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Probably. If I investigate something involving the lobbyists' code of conduct and complete that investigation, I report to Parliament. There are far fewer complaints about the code than the act. I will give you the example of some people who did not register although they were lobbying or who did not report their monthly conversations.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  No information will be lost. We've gone from about 3,500 pages to fewer than 300. The information was all over the place, so we tried to make it more succinct, avoid repetition and reduce the number of pages. We also tried to take a user-centred approach. This should be ready by the beginning of April.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  When lobbyists lobby public office holders you should think of the latter as really meaning any public servant, including you, your staff, senators and their staff. When they do, they need to register. But there's a subset of that group, designated public office holders, which includes you, members of Parliament, senators, and obviously ministers—they're members of Parliament—and their staff.

Information & Ethics committee  Good afternoon, Ms. Gaudreau.

Information & Ethics committee  The first thing I'll say is that I am always at your disposal. I am available at any time to meet with you in committee. I sent you all a letter with information. I'm prepared to meet with you or your staff, if you're not available, because I know you're busy. In terms of our interactions, usually, once our budget documents are tabled, I'm invited in May to discuss them.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, absolutely.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Sure.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll start with your first question. No rule has been replaced. The Lobbyists' Code of Conduct exists and I cannot change it without holding consultations and providing you with a summary afterwards. Therefore, rule 6 still exists, as do rules 7 to 10, but these rules are accompanied by guidelines to facilitate their interpretation.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, absolutely.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.