Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Canadian economy is performing quite nicely, thank you very much. Much to surprise of the economists who have us so linked to the US economy that we "must" follow the US lead. Fortunately we are not. I guess our imports are popular down there. Are there problem areas? Of course. The BC economy is in the tank due to US softwood lumber duties and its preponderance of older mills. It looks like the duties will be declared illegal and overturned; not until long agonizing years have past mind you and not before driving many companies and towns out of business. Surprisingly the duties have had the reverse effect than intended. The newer efficient mills are forced to pump out as much wood as possible to minimize their expenses (they are even making money) and exports to the US are up. So the older inefficient US mills are still screaming blue murder (gasp you mean the whole crisis is a political ploy to prop up old inefficient mills!) and the US cannot now do anything without admitting their original arguments were pure horse hooey. See, a seemingly simple issue – the godless socialist North is not pricing their stumpage fairly – is actually about something else entirely. And the political machinations to "fix" it actually make it worse. All of which makes me very nervous about Iraq... John Collier On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:24 AM, Sam Krneta wrote: > Then you should get out a little bit. > > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Johnny Deadman > > no, actually > > On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 12:51 AM, Sam Krneta wrote: > >> You think your economy is in the tank now? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html