International Trade committee  It will cause further destabilization.

International Trade committee  Perhaps I could start, please. On Gordon Ritchie and the memorandum of understanding, this is a long file. I started doing this in 1982. Gordon Ritchie and I have been at this a long time, as have several others. The original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement specifically exclu

International Trade committee  Yes, in fact I do, and I'm looking forward to fighting Lumber V at some point in the future before I retire. Because we're going to get one. I can imagine that even if the term of the agreement goes nearly to its seven years, somebody will pull a trigger someday because something

International Trade committee  I'd be happy to, with a short answer. Who profits? Certainly not those Canadian industries that have invested their time and effort in addressing the allegations that were put originally. Those allegations were: you're subsidized, and you're injuring us. Those are different from

International Trade committee  I would have preferred, Mr. Boshcoff, if Ontario had remained silent about the position of the Government of Ontario apropos the deal. I read the words, as we all did, and I can speculate only. I'll preface it by saying it wasn't a very strong accolade. It was almost a case of

International Trade committee  Let me talk about running rules for a minute. There's the vision of what they should be, if you had to have them what they would be, and what you think you have. It was the expectation in Ontario for the longest time that if you were going to cut a deal, if you were going to ge

International Trade committee  Certainly. The choice that I'm referring to, Mr. Paquette, is the choice that we started out with, one we thought we had from the very start of this adventure, which was the return to complete and full free trade and our absolution against these allegations: you're subsidized; yo

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the committee for inviting me to appear here again. Although my association has a continuous and significant agenda involving the forest industries of Ontario, nothing is more important than the proposed settlement of the dispute with the United

International Trade committee  In Ontario's case, there has to be a practical exit through policy reform.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To the first part of the question, in Ontario we enjoy an astoundingly good relationship with the senior bureaucracy and the politicians in their understanding of the point of view of the industry. On the question about short timelines, because we as

International Trade committee  I will, thank you. Assuming Ontario accepts a quota, will its volume of lumber shipped to the United States diminish because British Columbia may increase its shipments, restricted only by an export tax? Can Canada's overall market share in the United States under the deal excee

International Trade committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for extending me this invitation. I am honoured by the opportunity to share with you some of the thoughts of the Ontario Lumber Manufacturers' Association concerning the possible settlement of the long-running softwood lumber dispute with the United St