FAA makes it tough to recruit top talent in ministerial offices

The Conservatives' new Federal Accountability Act bans ministerial staffers from lobbying for five years. Lobbyists say it's overkill. Lawyers say it's not actually law.

The new Federal Accountability Act is being hailed as the biggest, most significant and most positive development in years, but lobbyists and veteran political players also say the five-year ban on lobbying is "over the top," will, in a perverse way, encourage more lobbying and it will make it di...

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