Quesnel Mill Worker To Run For NDP in Cariboo-Prince George
By 250 News
Saturday, December 03, 2005 07:46 AM
Alfred Trudeau was the only person to throw a hat in the ring in a bid to represent the federal New Democrats in the riding in the upcoming general election.
The party's nomination deadline was noon yesterday, and Trudeau was the only candidate to let his name stand. An acclamation meeting will go at 3pm this afternoon at the Red Bluff Inn in Quesnel.
Trudeau says he'll start to work on his campaign immediately. He says he's passionate about health care and air quality, pointing out that Prince George and Quesnel have the highest rates of asthma in children.
Trudeau also stresses the need to diversify the regional economy in light of the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
So far, Trudeau and incumbent Conservative MP Dick Harris are the only two declared candidates in the riding for the January 23rd election. Harris is seeking his 5th straight term.
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Layton urges retaliatory taxes over softwood lumber dispute
Last Updated Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:30:38 EST
CBC News
NDP Leader Jack Layton says Canada should consider taxing energy exports to the United States if Washington doesn't lift its tariffs on softwood lumber imports.
Layton said trade sanctions might be necessary if the U.S. doesn't dump the import duties that have siphoned $5 billion so far from Canadian producers of softwood lumber.
Layton focused on the softwood lumber issue Saturday during campaign stops in British Columbia, the province hit hardest by the dispute.
"We favour a polite, clear, neighbourly warning that Canada is prepared to impose export duties on oil and gas exports to the United States," he said.
Layton said Ottawa needed to take a tougher stand in the dispute, which is the main trade irritant between the two countries and has been winding its way through a series of dispute proceedings.
The U.S. administration has been refusing to heed several NAFTA rulings supporting Canadian claims that the tariffs were illegal – including a recent one by an international panel whose rulings were to be binding in disputes under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The U.S. Commerce Department eventually said on Nov. 22 that it would comply with the NAFTA panel's ruling on softwood lumber, even though it strongly disagreed with it.