Sentences with phrase «softwood deal»

Horgan said B.C. workers and their families have paid a terrible price since the last softwood deal.

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

Not exact matches

Canada has not always won disputes using that tool, the argument goes, and if a good deal on softwood lumber can be struck quickly, outside of NAFTA, maybe Canada could rely on the World Trade Organization mechanism and domestic courts to do the referring.

But in Rhone's industry, forestry, the election has also stalled negotiations on the softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the U.S. — a deal that expired earlier this month.

Stephen Harper claimed the deal to end the softwood lumber dispute «quickly won support» in provinces like British Columbia.

One alternative for the Canadian government to consider is to reinvigorate the State - to - State dispute resolution system under NAFTA Chapter 20, as a replacement for the Chapter 19 panel review process, with some re-jigging to add special provisions to deal with trade remedy disputes such as the ongoing softwood lumber battle.

In fact, it is merely another quota deal, similar in some respects to the horrible Canada - US Softwood Lumber Agreement of 1996 to 2002.

WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States must chop down one big, remaining impediment to a deal on softwood lumber and this obstacle involves wood from neither country but from other places: Germany, Sweden, Chile, Brazil and Russia.

They say a long - term deal on softwood lumber would be the best way to prevent the dispute from escalating.

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