[NatureNS] Irving wins, again?

From: GayleMacLean <duartess@EastLink.ca>
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:29:55 -0300
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Yes=2C that was it=2E =

Thank you very much!
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Gayle MacLean =

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On 04/26/17 03=3A33 PM=2C Phil Schappert =3Cphiljs=40eastlink=2Eca=3E wr=
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=3E On 2017-04-26 11=3A32 AM=2C GayleMacLean wrote=3A
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=3E =3EDon Connoly=2C yesterday on Information Morning=2C asked David Bl=
air (Business Report) the same thing=2C about why Irving had such a smal=
l tariff=2C compared to other Canadian exporters=2E David Blair said it =
was something about how the wood was cut=2C whatever the heck that would=
 mean=2E
=3E =3ECould be something more than that though=2E
=3E =

=3E I believe that it has more to do with where it is cut rather than wi=
th how=2E The problem=2C as the US sees it (and as I understand it)=2C i=
s that most Canadian softwood harvesting is done on Crown land which is =
leased cheaper than private land so Crown-harvested softwood is perceive=
d as =22subsidized=22 by US softwood harvesters=2E I suspect that the re=
ason that Irving is being exempted from the bulk of the import tariff is=
 that they own the land on which they harvest=2C that is=2C it=27s not C=
rown land=2E
=3E =

=3E Phil
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=3E Phil Schappert=2C PhD
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=3E 27 Clovis Ave=2E
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=3E =22Just let imagination lead=2C reality will follow through=2E=2E=2E=
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=3E                                         (Michael Hedges)
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