Former political staffers are encouraging the Liberal government to review and amend the Federal Accountability Act, in particular to reduce the five-year lobbying ban included under the Lobbying Act, saying it deters people from working on the Hill and is overly burdensome. “From the time that the FAA [Federal Accountability Act] was brought in, there have been people from all sides of politics saying a five-year ban was too extreme,” said Greg MacEachern, a former Liberal staffer and now
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