[drtom]

One of Bush's first orders of business in January should be the elimination of the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber. He lost Oregon and Washington in both 2000 and 2004, so he doesn't owe the lumber industries in those states a damn thing.

I completely agree. After being told by NAFTA for the gazillionth time that the countervailing duties are illegal it would be good statesmanship to concede and not drag that out any longer.

One can oppose NAFTA but either we abolish it as a whole or pacta sunt servanda.

[Alberta's Child]

I like the approach I heard out in western Canada earlier this month:

"If it were up to me, then anyone in the U.S. who buys a barrel of oil must also buy a 2x4 and a side of beef."