Also, the Evergreen line that's coming in from the Mission area to downtown Vancouver, which was announced, is about $300 million. So we have made some significant investments in your city to assist Vancouver in making sure those light rail links are there to deal with the environmental issues and grid congestion.
When we look at the issues you brought up about the high-speed rail from Seattle to Vancouver, and talking about the Canada Border Services Agency charging the $1,500, I need to let you know that there is a public policy, and regardless of whether it's in Vancouver or any other place at a border crossing in Canada with a rail, those charges would have to be charged as a cost recovery. Of course any government across Canada, if it changed policy, would have to do that. We serve all Canadians.
As Mr. Rowden mentioned, it's about $500,000 a year. I know it looks as though the Government of Canada is not willing to invest that $500,000 so that Vancouver can benefit, but you have to look at the big picture, and that's our job here, in representing all Canadians across the country.
I'm a British Columbian, and I was brought up in Vancouver, so I do appreciate what you are saying about where the market is for Vancouver. It's not necessarily from east to west; it's north and south, and that's very important. But I kind of question the criticism of our minister, who is working on this file and is trying to help out in this situation to encourage high-speed rail from Seattle to Vancouver.
The question I have for you is what the City of Vancouver has done with regard to long-term planning for high-speed rail to Vancouver. Have they put together a corridor that you have planned and made sure that the land is available to bring high-speed rail into Vancouver from Seattle?