Afghan mission to cost Canada $18.1B
OTTAWA – A lack of federal government “fiscal transparency” has masked the true cost of Canada’s Afghanistan mission, but it could cost taxpayers at least $18.1 billion by 2011, the Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed Thursday.
Based on the available data, each Canadian household will have contributed the equivalent of $1,500 to support what will be a decade of military and political intervention, according to the report by the office headed by Kevin Page.
But that is far from the whole story, said officials in the newly created oversight office.
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