Excellent. That's good to know, because we're talking about....
You very well said why, in 2015, you felt it was appropriate, but in 2019 we actually had six candidates take the floor, which we know was extremely busy. With five moderators, it even got a little crazier than that.
We're talking about the fact that we've gone from spending zero dollars—Paul Wells has said that with $6 million, Maclean's could have 60 debates.
It's coming out that a debate costs approximately $250 million to run. Why would the government have to run a debate if it weren't mandatory in the first place? You've said a number of times that was because that's what Harper did. Well, they're not mandatory and that doesn't matter. It's 2020 now. Why does the government still need to run these debates, then? If they're not mandatory, why does it need to be the government versus a private consortium?