So I guess my point is—to address another concern I've heard raised around the table—democracy does cost money. There is a cost to having a democracy. There are probably a lot of cheaper systems, but there are none that I would rather have than a democratic system.
So democracy costs, and this system will cost money to implement. However, I would argue that to put a democratic stamp and to have that consultation with Canadians that so many of them want, it would be worth the money that we're going to spend to get Canadians' input and add that democratic stamp to the Senate.
One other issue I just have to mention, which has been raised, is what about the cost? It's going to be expensive. Elections are expensive. All of us have had to raise money, but if there's one thing the current appointees to the Senate have proven particularly adept at, it's raising money. There are many of them who have shown themselves to be quite capable fundraisers, and I would suggest that if the future nominees are half as capable fundraisers as the current senators we have, they'll do just fine.
On the issue of the timeline, I note that you did consult with an IT firm, I believe it was, on the implementation. I'm a bit taken aback at the two-year to three-year figure. I know in business oftentimes something can come and go in two years. So I'm wondering about the notion that we couldn't speed this up. I would be quite surprised if any challenge, from a timeline perspective, would come on the IT side. Do you have any comments on that?