To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (525 ) 9/2/2002 3:05:17 PM From: marcos Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1293 Yes, lest we forget Herr Einsatzgruppenführer Rrrrragosta .... speaking of the warpimp Kultur, eh .... he deigns to have his minions 'talk' tomorrow apparently, lol ' Monday August 26 9:52 PM EST Softwood lumber negotiations to resume Sept. 20: Quebec government By ALEXANDER PANETTA QUEBEC (CP) - New attempts to negotiate a settlement in the multibillion-dollar softwood lumber dispute are still in a "very preliminary" phase, a federal official said Monday. There won't likely be dramatic results when federal negotiators meet an envoy from the U.S. Commerce Department in British Columbia on Tuesday and in Quebec on Sept. 20, said a spokesman for the International Trade Department. "The Canadian team is engaged in very preliminary discussions," said spokesman Sebastien Theberge. "It's almost informal. (But) the objective of course is to find a durable solution for the softwood-lumber industry." Commerce undersecretary Grant Aldonas will be sent to Canada to help try to reach a negotiated settlement to a trade battle that has lasted several months and hurt many Canadian towns. But American domestic politics will likely prevent any deal before the U.S. congressional elections this November, said a Canadian official who declined to be named. 'ca.news.yahoo.com Gee, ya think they'd use us for cheap-shot partisan politics in their little local game? ... the WTO is useless, it takes forever and has no teeth ... british columbians must learn to do for themselves, that's all ... if what we produce is penalised, then we must respond against US goods and services, it's that simple