I'm not sure how precise an estimate that is. I think what it's saying is that's what it would be if they were to add 50 fly-in, isolated northern communities. Obviously they have not done the full needs assessment. They were just identifying that there were another 50 fly-in communities that could be considered for the program. Then, I suppose, probably based on the size of those communities and what they know about other communities, they were able to put together a rough estimate of what it would cost.
On November 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.