Information & Ethics committee  Also, where the brief aligns with her recommendations, her recommendations are mentioned in the brief specifically, indicating that aligning with what she says, we agree with that.

Information & Ethics committee  This regulation was put in place and essentially said that under the Lobbying Act everyone is a public office holder now. That meant that everyone has the five-year ban applying to them. It was the only way the government could really act without having to introduce a bill and

Information & Ethics committee  No, she says it's in there already.

Information & Ethics committee  Implied. But because of the general application loophole where you can be involved in a matter as long as it's a matter of general application and never be in a conflict—again, you could be the finance minister, own a million dollars' worth of shares in a bank, and still be makin

Information & Ethics committee  Or you have to divest from the assets you own that puts you into conflict.

Information & Ethics committee  In our brief we don't address all 75, so if the brief is silent on one of her recommendations, then it's an endorsement.

Information & Ethics committee  They do it without naming someone, so it's not an issue of false accusations and someone being slandered, and there was nothing there. It's ensuring we know what the commissioner is doing, what complaints have been filed, and what they were about so the public can judge, because

Information & Ethics committee  If allegations are made, then she should be issuing findings in every case. That's essentially what she's saying. If she can comment on misinformation, she's saying she should be able to comment on a case that's before her, and she should. She should be issuing rulings in every c

Information & Ethics committee  No. Those are other recommendations the coalition disagrees with. It's increasing the secrecy, and there's already too much secrecy in the rulings. To pick up on what Mr. Calkins was talking about, the coalition's not saying she should issue a ruling every time she comes across

Information & Ethics committee  Excuse me—

Information & Ethics committee  I just wanted to say that—

Information & Ethics committee  —I agree with everything you're saying, if you'd let me just answer a little bit.

Information & Ethics committee  No, that's fine. I just wanted to say I agree with everything you're saying.

Information & Ethics committee  This is just to say there are loopholes in the Lobbying Act. You can go out and do unpaid lobbying. There is no five-year ban on that. There's not even a one-day ban on that. There are some loopholes in the definition of lobbying that undermine the five-year ban. But it shouldn't

Information & Ethics committee  If a lobbyist fails to register, just to register, and disclose what he or she is doing—not even act unethically, but he or she just fails to register—the penalty can be $50,000 or six months in jail. As politicians, you have decided—not you yourselves, but in the past—that failu