My understanding of this, and I've been on this a bit, is that in the early 1970s the Trudeau Liberal government expropriated this land, evicted farmers, and put them on one-year leases. Then Brian Mulroney and the Conservative government set aside $10 million. Nothing further happened. Bob Rae's government created the Rouge Park Alliance to manage the park. David Peterson, the Liberal premier, promised the park, but in the tradition of the Liberals, did nothing about it. I'm not sure. Jean Chrétien promised everything in one of his many red books, but never fulfilled any of the promises, unless they were done by a Conservative government in advance. Then Mike Harris transferred thousands of acres of land to help sustain a growing Rouge Park. Then our government created the Rouge national urban park—
On October 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.