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Originally Posted by Scott S
When you operate your forests with the same rules as we do and have to buy your timber on an open market rather than letting the "crown" give it to the mills.
Then lets talk....
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Scott
The fiber supply in Eastern Canada is now considered to be the most expensive in the world (sorry but I don't have the specific numbers). Wood here costs more than in Japan which historically had the highest cost. The Quebec government has also reduced cutting rights by 20% so we cannot even get as much wood as we did in the past. All forestry companies in Canada are in bad financial shape. Of course the weak US dollar is not helping either. You may not like the forestry products going to the US from Canada but I bet that you don't mind all of the
oil that we send your way.
The US and Canada have approximately $400 billion of annual
TWO WAY TRADE. This is not like the trade situation the US has with China or Japan where they export and you import, resulting in a huge trade deficit.
Wayne