(Vancouver) The new Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, if it is ratified by the Canadian Parliament, spells bad news for BC's forest-dependent communities. According to a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report, the deal will dampen efforts to move BC's forest industry up the value chain, and will lead to more raw log experts, both of which mean fewer jobs in BC's forest sector.
Softwood deal will spur more raw log exports