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speech (committee meeting) resource
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{
"time": "2026-03-09 17:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Michael Barrett",
"fr": "Michael Barrett"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9219212\" data-originallang=\"en\">A former minister would have to clear their new work, profession or start-up with the Ethics Commissioner, and they would only need to register to lobby if they personally were lobbying for eight hours per month, and only to request grants or contributions, because that's covered by the act.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9219213\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, a former minister or a former member could start a company, pick up the phone and call one of their former cabinet colleagues and say, \u201cHey, we're doing this thing that's compatible with that thing you're about to spend billions of dollars on, and we think we're right for you,\u201d and that is not captured by the Lobbying Act.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9219214\" data-originallang=\"en\">Do I understand that correctly?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9219212\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un ancien ministre serait tenu de faire approuver son nouvel emploi, sa nouvelle profession ou son entreprise en d\u00e9marrage par le commissaire \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique, et il serait uniquement tenu de s'inscrire pour faire du lobbying s'il faisait lui-m\u00eame du lobbying \u00e0 raison de huit heures par mois, et seulement dans le cas de demandes des subventions ou contributions, car c'est couvert par la loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9219213\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cependant, un ancien ministre ou d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait lancer une entreprise, t\u00e9l\u00e9phoner \u00e0 l'un de ses anciens coll\u00e8gues du Cabinet pour lui dire: \u00ab \u00c9coutez, nos activit\u00e9s cadrent avec l'initiative sur laquelle vous vous appr\u00eatez \u00e0 d\u00e9penser des milliards de dollars, et nous pensons que nous sommes le bon choix pour vous \u00bb, et cela n'est pas vis\u00e9 par la Loi sur le lobbying.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9219214\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ai\u2011je bien compris?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/31/michael-barrett-24/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-barrett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4753/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13391966",
"document_url": "/committees/ethics/45-1/31/",
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}
}