Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Al Winnipeg free january 1987 lumber Accord termed sellout of sovereignty government refuses opposition demands to recall parlaiment by Eric Beauchesne the Canadian press Mulroney government will not give in to opposition demands that it recall parliament Early to defend the controversial softwood lumber Treasury Board president Robert de Cotret said charging that the Deal with the United states is a sellout to the americans and an infringement on Canadian the liberals and new democratic party insisted the government recall parliament two weeks Early to debate the but de Cotret and forestry minister Gerald merrithew told a news conference late yesterday afternoon that the Deal signed Only three Days ago protects can Adas Sovereign right to manage its own resources and that Ottawa will live by the spirit and the letter of the under intense questioning by reporters while senior officials from the prime ministers office silently looked admitted the Deal prohibits Canada and the provinces from using Revenue from an Export tax to assist the Forest Liberal House Leader Herb Gray told reporters were outraged that the government has agreed to something which undermines so fully our so recall parliament Gray released copies of letters he sent to commons speaker John Fraser and Deputy prime minister Don Mazankowski in which he says its in the Public interest to bring maps Back from their Christmas recess monday instead of waiting until 19 As and Liberal Trade critic Lloyd describing the Deal As the sort Poland might be forced to make with the soviet told the news conference he was shocked that the government of Canada would turn this country into a banana and nip Leader de Broadbent said the comments by de Cotret and merrithew confirm the Deal does infringe on Canadian sovereignty by telling Canada How its resources should be priced and by forbidding Canada from spending tax dollars to help the it is an extremely serious and extremely dangerous Deal which sets a Broadbent under a memorandum of understanding signed can Ada agreed to impose a 15per cent tax on Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United drop petition in Exchange Washington con Vinced the american lumber Industry to drop a petition which Ottawa feared would result in the imposition of a 15percent or higher punitive duty on Canadian exports to the Worth roughly billion Ottawa initially vowed to saying the complaints were unjustified but fearing Canada lose the Trade minister Pat Carney opted to seek a negotiated a letter from senior government officials to the lumber dated indicates the United states believes it has a say in How Canada manages its lumber for the letter and the agreement state Canada cannot use any of the up to million a year the tax is expected to raise to Aid the lumber Industry in any and the letter by com Merce Secretary Malcolm bal Drige and Trade representative Clayton Yeutter says the government must approve any changes to the in Washington Pat a spokesman for the com Merce said the department stands behind the bal Drig Yeutter British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm said the agreement does not infringe on Canadian sovereignty and the Deal is being abused by Federal opposition the Premier strongly defended the memorandum of understand saying the objective had Al ways been to keep the Money in the lumber Deal fails in eyes of experts by Gord Mclntosh and Robert Fife the Canadian press Ottawa economists and Legal scholars give the Mulroney government a failing Grade in its handling of the soft Wood lumber talks with the United they say the government has jeopardized Canadas sovereignty by caving in to Ameri can demands to impose a 15per cent tax on lumber exports South of the and they say there is no Prece Dent in Canadian history for a Deal that gives Washington a voice in How Canada manages its lumber Maxwell one of Cana Das Foremost experts on International said yesterday that the lumber Deal is a dangerous precedent that threatens Canad an it is a strange procedure to allow someone to Monitor our own said who was a judge on the International court of Justice in the Gulf of Maine dispute with the and a for Mer Canadian chairman of the International joint they maintained the uni later Alness of something that is joint in effect because the americans have a right to know everything about Canadas information or anything adversarial agreement Cohen said Canada should have insisted on a joint commission to administer the agreement and solve any disputes that Are bound to the agreement is adversarial in its very nature without an impartial joint he Edward professor of economics at Carleton University in said it would be fool Hardy to allow Washington direct control Over How it will spend the million to be collected from the Export natural resources Are a birth right that should not be surren dered to any foreign English adding the Ameri cans demonstrate their obvious distrust of Canada by securing the right to Monitor How the tax is they Are taking the same Atti tude that they do with the so he that shows that the atmosphere of suspicion in Washington int restricted to East West University of Toronto economist Ian Drummond said he cant believe the Mulroney government would buy american claims that provincial stumpage fees Are a direct subsidy to the lumber in pure Hogwash the american claim is pure he because the Canadian Industry is not receiving any Money from the prov inces which own the it May be True that the Stum Page fees in some too Low but that really nobody business but the provinces that own the he economics historian Robin Neill said Canada should have awaited a ruling from the Commerce department and taken the Issue to an International tribunal if the ruling was Una even if Canada lost the Case it would be better to take its hit now rather than Gamble with the country sovereignty for years to he in defence of Canadian Neotia Cohen said they were under intense pressure to come up with a settlement before the com Merce department made a final ruling on american lumber lob Bies petition for had the Commerce depart ment made a permanent he it would have rolled out a Legal Welcome mat for any Industry seeking Relief against Canadian imports at but Canadas negotiating team should have been concerned about How the settlement will be Manfor taking tax in stride Thompson special Manfor will take the new 15percent Export tax on softwood lumber in corporation president Spencer Balmer has Balmer said the tarriff was anticipated and therefore included in Manors 1987 budget and affect the company financial Well the Manfor executive also predicted an Overall profit for the corporation this we will show some deficit in our lumber but Well More than make up for it in the paper which already has a full order he he credited the Strong showing in the company paper Export to the fact that Manfor is the Only Mill in North America producing higher Multi Wall a Spe Fialty product in Good production up Balmer said the Sawmill capacity has been increased 35 per mainly because International Wood workers of America local 1324 accepted a wage deferral starting the saving has enabled the company to increase Mill prod he putting one Idle shift involving 21 workers Back in a it was a Tough decision for our 300 Union members and other truckers working in the logging and lumber division to accept that pay local Union president Jim Anderson but its a hell of a lot better than being out of he agreed the new Export tax would not affect the Manfor Bud we took that 15percent increase into account when we accepted the wage he adding he approved of the tax being levied by the Canadian so the Revenue would remain in Light show the components of a human face Are shown in detail in this View by a magnetic resonance imaging published in this months Issue of National parts such As the nose and forehead appear brighter because 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