Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't know. I think you're right. You're into the technical details. There's a loophole there. The question is how far you go to fill a loophole. I can't say any more.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I haven't studied this bill in great detail. I have been quite busy lately. I have focused on how my act relates to it. Certainly, it's an excellent direction that it's going in.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It goes quite a good way, I think, because it puts things in the public domain. It allows me to have access to some information if I'm dealing with some kind of a problem. I use the lobbying register a lot for that purpose as well. There are interfaces in all of these public repo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Where this comes up for me more often is after the fact. It's not whether they attended the fundraiser or not. If somebody comes in looking for something from them two months later, that's when it's very useful for me to know what their connection is with that person and whether

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right. It's one check to see what the relationship is with that person.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it's probably gone where it should go. I like the leaders idea, because it makes some sort of a fair balance between the two sides, so to speak. I don't know how far down it should go.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a traditional problem, because the ministers have two roles.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Under my legislation, I have to look at the distinction sometimes as to whether they're acting as a member or as a minister. That makes a difference in some of the decisions I have to make.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It all comes down to the facts that you're faced with in a particular situation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Eighteen is quite a common cut-off. I think that's as good a cut-off as any.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When I said 20, I was probably overspeaking the amount. More often, we'd get letters that weren't actual complaints; they were just griping. That was more common than an actual request of any kind. We either get requests to investigate something, or if there's nothing to investig

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It got more attention of late, but as I said, I've had cases involving these kinds of issues since way back.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I haven't.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I go on as usual.