Dr. Elaine Byrne:

I think that goes back to the recommendation I have with regard to focusing on lobbying. As to the current lobbying legislation, its emphasis is on registering who the lobbyists are, but not necessarily on why Ministers have made particular decisions. In Canada, this works quite well. In its legislation, when amendments have been made, one will see it. A friend who works at a senior level in the Canadian Government explained this process to me. Every Friday, it will go up on the website of the particular Department - the different legislation, the reasons for the different amendments, links to who gave proposals and all of that. It is a very clear, line-by-line explanation for why Ministers and decision makers came to make particular decisions on legislation.