Natural Resources committee  Certainly, you're right. In the past, that's how it worked. We have pursued litigation through NAFTA and the WTO. If we are successful in that litigation it increases our ability to negotiate a good agreement for our industry. That is certainly the approach we're pursuing this ti

Natural Resources committee  It is possible to pursue litigation to a conclusion, eventually, where perhaps there would be relief ordered, where duties would be ordered to be refunded. That takes a lot of time, so sometimes the decision is made that it's better to negotiate and get some certainty for busines

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon. I'm Colin Barker. I'm the director of the softwood lumber division at Global Affairs Canada. As Steve mentioned, we do, in fact, have two challenges at the WTO that are ongoing and three under NAFTA chapter 19. We're expecting one decision, our countervailing d

Natural Resources committee  You're quite right. There was an announcement from the Department of Commerce on preliminary duties as part of their first annual review of their investigation. These reviews will happen every year. In that preliminary decision, the duty rates were reduced quite significantly.