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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (14320)	3/23/2002 10:19:49 AM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27720

Simple question, are there Canadian subsidies or aren't there? If Canada allowed unique breaks on land, equipment, modernization, etc. which substantially altered the equation then they created an unequal situation and hence the tariffs may make sense. If on the other hand the inequites are caused by US environmental policy which drove up the cost of US lumber or forced US companies to make alternative investments for US policy as oppossed to basic economic reasons, the fault would be with the US government. I don't know the answer, just asking the questions?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (14320)	3/23/2002 10:42:08 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 27720

Daren, Houses, and any other kind of building, can be built without lumber, and should be. The rape of forests by Canada, and other countries, should be stopped for, at least, long enough for them to completely be restored, and begin to provide more oxygen for the planet. Another reason for the tightening of the border between Canada, and the US, is because it was too loose on the Canadian side. Canada's immigration policy is too loose, and allows too many of the world's malcontents to enter North America.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (14320)	3/23/2002 1:56:54 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Respond to of 27720

"millions that will not be able to buy homes". That's probably an inflated figure. I would imagine that a few hundred people at most. The writer of the original post mentioned a lot of jobs that would be lost in Canada, which is a shame...but it will save a lot of jobs here. So from his perspective, it's awful, from the Americans who are going to keep their jobs, it's terrific. All that aside, I would rather we imported the lumber from Canada than use ours, because I would rather they cut down their trees instead of us cutting down ours. We could use a break in tree cutting for 20-30 years and let the forests replenish themselves a little more. Maybe we could use that time to increase our oak and walnut and other tree population that isn't what it used to be, instead of having pine trees everywhere. I also would like us to slow down on the cutting of the big redwoods and sequoyia trees. It's not so much about saving Canandian jobs for me, but more about helping our ecosystem. I really have no idea what the Canadians are doing as far as subsidizing or not subsidizing, and don't really care. I think we'll survive without much muss or fuss if we do import the trees from Canada.