FILE--A Canadian soldier surveys the Arghandab River as it flows toward the Dahla dam 35 kilometres northeast of Kandahar on Thursday May 21, 2009. Canada is spending $50 million to refurbish the 57-year-old dam and canal system downstream. There is a wide gulf between what people in Kandahar want in terms of reconstruction and what the international community, including Canada, has been delivering, says research conducted for the Canadian military.A campaign assessment, penned last year by the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, paints a stark assessment of the choices of Ottawa has made when it comes to development projects in the war-consumed region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel