No, it doesn't. I'm being a bit offhand when I say that. The hospitality suites were a serious issue. It wasn't devastating, but it didn't sit well with me. The issue of people getting drinks, I agree, I don't think you say.... We are all going to get paid anyway, whether we come here or not. The building still has to be heated. I can't recall whether the House provided any refreshments or not. Perhaps that explains the hospitality suites to some degree. But I don't think a vast new burden was imposed on the Canadian taxpayers by this process. Nonetheless I do think that a process that's a bit faster.... If we stick with the current system, I think we could at least speed up the counting process. In all honesty, it did seem awfully slow, but that's merely an observation that perhaps doesn't take into account some of the difficulties that are involved in actually doing the counting. I don't know if there were any counts that were won by a single ballot, for example, in which case, they would want to recount it. That's unknown to me.
On June 3rd, 2014. See this statement in context.