Sentences with phrase «new softwood»

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is optimistic a new softwood lumber deal can reached

Horgan said B.C. needs to fight for a new softwood deal that that works for B.C. workers, their families and their communities.

The question is, will the latest round of U.S. duties force Canada to settle for a new softwood agreement with terms picked by the Americans?

He was quoted by the Canadian Press as telling delegates that he saw «a window» of opportunity, «somewhere between Memorial Day [May 29] and the Fourth of July,» when Canada and the U.S. might reach a new softwood agreement.

Not exact matches

J.D. Irving's lumber operations in New Brunswick — and its one mill in Truro — gained a competitive advantage over other Canadian forestry companies Tuesday as the United States imposed harsh countervailing duties on softwood lumber imports.

Vancouver — Christy Clark has let down forest workers and communities as U.S. softwood lumber penalties loom, and B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan says forest workers need a government that will defend their jobs and communities.

But now that Trudeau has assumed his new role, he will first have to contend with a long - burning trade issue between the two countries: that of softwood lumber.

The move was seen as retaliation for new U.S. softwood lumber tariffs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he told Trump in a Tuesday phone call that the U.S. commerce department levelled «baseless allegations» when it imposed new, unfair duties on Canadian softwood this week.

CRANBROOK — Local workers need a premier who will fight for a fair softwood lumber agreement after years of neglect from Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals, said B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan.

«New products from bark to replace fossil compounds: Adhesives and insulating foams from softwood bark tannins.»