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Originally posted by Sammie+Jan 11 2005, 08:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sammie @ Jan 11 2005, 08:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mean Mr. Mustard@Jan 10 2005, 11:35 AM
As per CBC newsworld. To be spent over a period of 5 years.
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$400 million over 5 years works out to $80 million a year. In other words, Martin hasn't increased his commitment to disaster relief from last week's offer. What's the big deal with this announcement? Are we supposed to be impressed? It seems to be much to do about nothing. [/b][/quote]
If you'd read the CNN article, you would have seen that it's not $80 million per year (which would be a significant increase over a flat $80 million in it's own right) but instead:
"The money includes $215 million in emergency aid and $130 million over five years for reconstruction"