Lebanon evacuation cost $85-million: report
CTV reports tab for the large-scale rescue operation that pulled 15,000 Canadian citizens out of war-torn country and says 7,000 have since returned Canadian evacuation from Lebanon cost $85M: CTVUpdated Wed. Sep. 20 2006 5:59 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
The tab for the large-scale evacuation of Canadians from war-torn Lebanon during Hezbollah's conflict with Israel cost taxpayers $85 million, CTV News has learned.
The government won't officially divulge what the running total is, nor will it reveal how many people returned to Lebanon after the fighting stopped in mid-August.
But sources have told CTV News about 7,000 evacuees have returned to Lebanon of an estimated 50,000 Lebanese-Canadians who live there permanently.
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