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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (674969)	3/13/2005 10:56:29 AM
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Pipeline-delay threat shook U.S.: minister B Y J O H N GR E E N WO O D Financial Post VANCOUVER • A threat by British Columbia to delay construction of a proposed US$20-billion natural gas pipeline unless the Unites States starts dealing fairly on the softwood trade dispute is hitting home with U.S. politicians, the province’s Energy Minister says. “It’s certainly got their attention,” said Richard Neufeld, who was in Washington last week to attend a meeting of energy state politicians. Mr. Neufeld said part of the purpose of his visit is to make sure the U.S. government “understands where we’re coming from.” On a conference call to reporters, Mr. Neufeld said he is making it clear British Columbia is serious about the warning, issued at the beginning of March by the provincial Forests Minister. “What we’re saying with that pipeline is that we’re frustrated on our side of the border with the Americans not dealing with us fairly on softwood,” Mr. Neufeld said. “We want the U.S. government to look at those issues and actually deal with them so we can move on with permitting for the Alaska pipeline.” He said there has been a lot of discussion at the meeting around the proposed Alaska pipeline and the possibility it could get caught up in the lumber dispute. The comments come less than a week after the federal government unveiled a proposal for ending the bitter lumber battle, which has caused turmoil in British Columbia, the source of more than half of Canada’s $10-billion a year in softwood exports to the United States. Canadian producers have paid out more than $4-billion in U.S. duties since the dispute began in 2001. Despite a string of NAFTA panel decisions that found the U.S. tariffs unjustified, the United States has refused to lift them.

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