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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 598300" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>Not real sure about this lumber thing but I think the problem was the Canadian provincial governments charged a lower stumpage fee than US states? In other words took less of a royalty for every tree cut? Maybe the state of Georgia was being a little greedy?</p><p>When Weyhauser(USA company) came in and bought up the Canadian industry production really took off. Canada actually won the anti-dumping battle in the NAFTA courts and USA was ordered to pay back the $5 billion in illegal tariffs, but our Primeminister Harper caved(as usual) and agreed to quotas and only a partial payback of the $5 billion. Don't know if that was smart or not? Sort of sent a message that America can do just about whatever they want up here?</p><p>Canada did not go along with the Iraq war. The government of the day said if the UN would sanction it they would go, otherwise... NO. That was the previous Liberal government. The present primeminister was the official opposition leader and was all for going into Iraq with Bush and Blair. Thankfully we didn't get sucked into that mess?</p><p>The Primeminister at the time(Jean Chretien) got the Americans PO'd by suggesting if they tried treating other countries with a little respect and not try to always screw them, they might have fewer enemies!</p><p>Presently Canadian troops are doing a lot of the heavy lifting in Afghanistan along with the Americans and Brits. This was to fulfill our NATO committment. I think the Canadian public is getting sick of fighting a war that looks like a loser.</p><p>I used to go down to Montana/Idaho quite often. Do a little shopping, take a little vacation. I found the people very friendly and to tell you the truth no different than people in Alberta...and I felt I had a lot more in common with them than my fellow Canadians in the east! Haven't been down for awhile as I don't like waiting two hours to get back and forth across the border.</p><p>In my own opinion we need to get rid of that darned border and just realize in actuality we are one nation! Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 598300, member: 8978"] Not real sure about this lumber thing but I think the problem was the Canadian provincial governments charged a lower stumpage fee than US states? In other words took less of a royalty for every tree cut? Maybe the state of Georgia was being a little greedy? When Weyhauser(USA company) came in and bought up the Canadian industry production really took off. Canada actually won the anti-dumping battle in the NAFTA courts and USA was ordered to pay back the $5 billion in illegal tariffs, but our Primeminister Harper caved(as usual) and agreed to quotas and only a partial payback of the $5 billion. Don't know if that was smart or not? Sort of sent a message that America can do just about whatever they want up here? Canada did not go along with the Iraq war. The government of the day said if the UN would sanction it they would go, otherwise... NO. That was the previous Liberal government. The present primeminister was the official opposition leader and was all for going into Iraq with Bush and Blair. Thankfully we didn't get sucked into that mess? The Primeminister at the time(Jean Chretien) got the Americans PO'd by suggesting if they tried treating other countries with a little respect and not try to always screw them, they might have fewer enemies! Presently Canadian troops are doing a lot of the heavy lifting in Afghanistan along with the Americans and Brits. This was to fulfill our NATO committment. I think the Canadian public is getting sick of fighting a war that looks like a loser. I used to go down to Montana/Idaho quite often. Do a little shopping, take a little vacation. I found the people very friendly and to tell you the truth no different than people in Alberta...and I felt I had a lot more in common with them than my fellow Canadians in the east! Haven't been down for awhile as I don't like waiting two hours to get back and forth across the border. In my own opinion we need to get rid of that darned border and just realize in actuality we are one nation! Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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