Mr. Chair, when we did the report for the Rouge Park Alliance that recommended the creation of the national urban park for the Rouge Valley, the alliance's estimate of the costs associated with this park, which some members have been wondering about, was that it would require $40 million to $50 million in capital costs over a 10-year period and about $4 million to $5 million in ongoing annual operating costs. I just put that on the record.
It is not in these main estimates, but the government did reaffirm its commitment to the establishment of this park. Obviously we cannot come up with numbers for the fiscal framework in the main estimates until we have gone through the consultation process, determined the boundaries for the new park, developed an MC to bring to cabinet, got the approvals for the fiscal framework and so on. I just put that out as a point of information.
Perhaps the minister would comment on the Rouge Park Alliance's estimates for both the $40 million to $50 million in capital costs for a 10-year period and the $4 million to $5 million in ongoing operating annual costs.