They get paid, exactly.
Section 7 deals with corporations and organizations. There's a definition of organizations in the act that is very, very broad and is designed to include not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, all sorts of trusts, all sorts of unincorporated corporations that are not what are called share capital corporations, or for-profit corporations. It's a very broad capturing of lobbyists under those two categories.
The constituent elements for what are registered lobbying activities are set out in a number of paragraphs under subsection 5(1) and subsection 7(1). They are, as the commissioner mentioned earlier, communicating in relation to the making of an act or a regulation, the amendment of a policy, the seeking of a grant or financial benefit--a number of paragraphs.
For consultant lobbyists as well, there's the awarding of a contract by or on behalf of Her Majesty, or arranging a meeting between a public office holder and any other person. So that's different for these professional lobbyists.
I think the rationale seems clear that it's different for a person who is paid by a client to seek a meeting with a public office holder, or to seek a contract on behalf of a client, than if the corporation is obviously in the tendering process. That's not intended to be captured by section 7.
That's a long answer to a very short question.