The U.S. Commerce Department has decided to hike anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, with B.C. lumber organizations calling them unjustified, punitive and protectionist.
The hiked softwood lumber duties come amid the growing trade war between Canada and the U.S., and represent the latest blow to B.C.'s beleaguered forestry industry.
B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar described the long-awaited rate hike as a “gut punch” for B.C.'s forestry industry which has seen thousands of workers laid off over the last few years.
just in time to make logging in national parks great again
Nah, the long standing intent is to bankrupt all BC logging companies.
They want unfettered access to BC’s forests. Sadly, conservatives up here have almost given them that.
We need a 200% export tax on raw materials leaving Canada.
They want BC and all of Canada’s territory and Arctic trade routes.
Yeah, but particular to the softwood lumber thing is that for 20 years they’ve been working to get unlimited access to our forests. It really kicked off when Harper completely capitulated to Dubya basically as soon as he got into office. Its been a constant fight since then.
It kicked into high gear with Trump 2.0