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Ottawa to give $200M for Afghan reconstruction
Last Updated: Sunday, February 25, 2007 | 8:32 PM ET
The Canadian Press
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will announce about $200 million in reconstruction aid for Afghanistan in an effort to demonstrate that Canada's mission there is making a positive difference in people's lives.

As Canada marks the official one-year anniversary this week of its mission in Kandahar, government sources say the prime minister will make the announcement Monday at an event on Parliament Hill.

An Australian soldier in a wooden hut under construction in Afghanistan in February. The Australians approach reconstruction at the local level, conducting backyard blitzes where they build or refurbish structures for citizens.
(Murray Brewster/Canadian Press) It comes in the final phase of a frosty Afghan winter, and a relative peace that's expected to melt over the coming weeks as pro-Taliban fighters descend from the mountains to resume their bloody insurgency.

Before what may mean more dispiriting images of flag-draped coffins return to Canadian television sets, the prime minister hopes to remind the country of the more uplifting things being accomplished.

"Progress is being made," said one government official.

"We're investing more funds in order to ensure that we keep on building more schools, more hospitals, to ensure the standard of living rises

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/02/25/canada-aid.html

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WHY? Why not spend the cash in Canada on Canadians rather on people who rather kill us.