Softwood Talks Go Nowhere
By Ben Meisner
Thursday, September 29, 2005 03:57 AM
Federal Trade Minister Jim Peterson says Canada is no closer to resolving the soft wood lumber dispute following a 40 minute meeting with US ambassador David Wilkins.
Peterson says he has no feeling the talks to resolve the issue will resume soon, and in the meantime, he says Canada will continue to pursue all avenues including , litigation, retaliation and high level advocacy .
Recently the US dismissed the latest NAFTA ruling, instead claiming victory in the World Trade Organization.
Washington has been suggesting lately it may lift the duties on Canadian lumber but only to regions that were hit hard by hurricanes and are trying to re build. Canada has not yet responded to that suggestion.
Of the 5 billion dollars in duties being held by the US, about one half a billion dollars has been collected from this region of the province
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Posted by: Chadermando on September 29 2005 4:43 PM
That is what happens in most instances!!!
We have discussions, we have meetings, we have decisions-one after the other, and we have wishy washy governments not worth the time to go vote for!!!!
We take whatever the U S wants to dish out!
We are patsys to the big boys!!
We are the dumb Canadians--
with no real representation!!
We are not dumb-just plain old outright stupid, and we elect nothing better to sit in Victoria and Ottawa.
Actually, we do the same at home!!!
We are losers!!