Conservative Harpocrisy on lobbyists

Consider this:

During the 2006 election campaign, PM Steve's party campaigned on a pledge to:

"Toughen the Lobbyists Registration Act" and accused Liberals of "move(ing) freely back and forth between elected and non-elected government posts and the world of lobbying."
They went on to say that a Conservative government would, among other things:
• Extend to five years the period during which former ministers, ministerial staffers, and senior public servants cannot lobby government.
• Require ministers and senior government officials to record their contacts with lobbyists.
• Give the Registrar of Lobbyists the mandate and resources to investigate violations.
• Extend to ten years the period during which violations can be investigated and prosecuted.

Yet an article in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix today states that:

Canadians are not likely to notice any difference in their (lobbyists') activities during the election campaign expected this year.

Consider Yaroslav Baran. Baran, who has been a high-powered lobbyist at Earnscliffe Strategy Group, is expected to once again take up his post running communications in the Conservatives' war room when an election is called, as he has done in the previous two campaigns. The fact that the Conservatives have declared a ban on lobbyists in their war room this time around won't affect him.

That's because Baran is no longer a lobbyist -- he de-registered just last week. He is leaving Earnscliffe and will join Conservative House leader Jay Hill's office next week as his new chief of staff, clearing the way for his key organizational involvement in the campaign that could be launched as early as next month.

I wonder if the "toughened up" Registrar of lobbyists will investigate and prosecute Baran?