Loading ...faith that we are in able hands when David Emerson has been given a role in Canada’s softwood negotiations up against the lumber producers lobby from the U.S. I do not know Mr. Emerson personally, but my forestry classmate from the 1950’s gave me various assurances that Emerson, formerly head of CANFOR, is a respected, experienced and knowledgeable person on this subject. My classmate, who died last year at his retirement home in Summerland, was a former hockey player, as was David Emerson. They were also both trained as resource economists and both had long experience in the forest industry of western Canada. Hence my faith that Emerson will bring some sense to this long-standing softwood spat between Canada and the U.S. The other day on British Columbia TV news I also heard Stockwell Day speaking some common sense with respect to the renewed softwood wrangle. I hope common sense will prevail in this irritating bilateral spat.
Best wishes from the coastal portion of our resource-rich jurisdiction , if we can just keep the Avi Lewis/Naomi Klein crowd away from the management and control of the resource riches. Cheers. Equiz
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