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Strategies & Market Trends : Fascist Oligarchs Attack Cute Cuddly Canadians -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marcos who wrote (455)	4/23/2002 11:50:20 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1293

One for you, from FADG: Message 17369662 Do we subsidize the softwood lumber industry in Canada? A Washington D.C.-based think-tank argues "no". In addition, the CATO Institute points out that it is actually Americans who subsidize their forest industry. The study Nailing the Homeowner, was released two years ago but is more relevant than ever to the ongoing softwood lumber dispute. ... The report's conclusions are blunt: "Trade restrictions on Canadian lumber have long been justified on the ground that ensure a 'level playing field,' but the evidence that Canadian stumpage rates provide a subsidy is dubious at best. Furthermore, allegations of Canadian subsidies ignore the U.S. government program that benefit American lumber producers." And one final shot from CATO across the protectionist Senators and Governor's bow: "It is time for the United States to stop lining the pockets of a few producers at the expense of U.S. homebuilders and families who dream of owning their own homes." Some of us up north couldn't have said it any better. Enjoy :)