They consider it extremely important. The very fact that they contributed up to 1.5 million dollars for the archaeological digs and for the project we completed this summer, the results of which will be seen at the beginning of 2012, demonstrate the City's interest. The digs were completed on a municipal site, a former parking lot that had been there for 80 years. I think the City wants to transform the space, and that alone is quite an important task, evidently. The City committed large sums of money in its three-year implementation plan over the next few years, in hopes that...actually, the goal for 2017, for the City of Montreal and for the government of Quebec, is an important one. Up until now, the City has shown interest in making a heritage legacy of the site for the its 375th anniversary. Already political will is onside, but it's a project that cannot be accomplished with the City alone. Obviously, if we combine the very nature of the site, which was the site of the Parliament, and the fact that we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation, I think that this alignment of the stars is a significant opportunity of which we must take advantage.
On November 1st, 2011. See this statement in context.