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Posted on 10/10/08

Afghan mission's cost much higher than billed

With a report from Steven Chase in Richmond, B.C.

OTTAWA -- Canada's mission in Afghanistan has cost billions more than what the federal government has reported to the public and it will amount to between $14-billion and $18-billion by the time the troops leave the country in 2011, parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page reported yesterday.

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