McQUARRIE – Kamloops may be the first Canadian casualty of U.S. election
(Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association photo)
THE AMERICAN election is done; the votes counted, the outcome a fait accompli and the first serious Canadian casualty may be Kamloops.
In particular, as America begins building walls and retreating into isolationist type behaviours, there is a good chance it will have a serious impact on our forestry sector.
During the election, the trade protectionist hyperbole, exaggerating the benefits to workers in America’s Heartland, was a key part of Trump’s platform. However, some may have noticed the promises and embellishments neglected an inconvenient truth about tariffs and that truth is called trade wars.
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Maybe we can start a sustainable forest industry by stopping the wholesale slaughter of the forests due to clearcuting and return apertancy to communities in Canada instead of the American jugernaughts
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Me also. What a lazy column.
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Our main political leader is busy in Cuba, cosying up to one of the most brutal regimes in the Western world, and burning tons of jet fuel to fly a ridiculously large delegation to Morocco to talk about climate change in a country that generates most of its power by burning coal. Canada’s delegation to Morocco is 225 people, many of whom are travelling on your tax dollar. Our list of delegates on the UN invitee list takes up about 8 pages, Australia’s takes two, as does China’s. His time would be better spent tending to needs and economic difficulties right here at home, issues he and his government are increasingly out of touch with in their seeming quest to ditch what remains of our economy by attempting to save the world from Canada’s 1.67% of global carbon emissions. The softwood lumber agreement is a big deal for BC, and it would be a nice change to see our Federal government give it the attention it deserves. BC has diversified it’s finished dimension lumber export market over time, however the US market is still a big piece of the pie that our producers need reasonable access to. This government is spending borrowed money at a mind-boggling pace, and needs every private-enterprise tax and royalty dollar it can get its hands on, which should translate to concrete action to protect existing jobs, and create new opportunities. Not so far.
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Easy Ken McClelland, easy. The most brutal regime the world has ever seen is American Imperialism and their proxies.
Can you “stomach” the truth?
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“Fait de complete”? I believe you meant to write “Fait accompli”.
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Bill fesses up that you are right and he is wrong. I searched in vain for “fait de complete” as an alternative to “fail accompli” and the closest I came was “fete de compli.”
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Peut-être un nouveau dictionnaire? :)
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The province of BC better start stimulating/supporting secondary/tertiary industries to add value to the lumber we cut.
We should send out finished, useable products to the world.
Even with automation there would be employment gains.
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Click bait. I expected better here.
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