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2.06.2004

UBCJA and Softwood Tariffs:
McCarron under oath in Vancouver 2002
 


Q - Am I correct that under your direction the International petitioned the United States government to impose those duties on Canada?
A - Um, you know, I don't recall that, but I do recall -- we wanted to keep the quota system in -- in effect that was -- that -- we wanted to extend that quota system. And then -- I'm not sure what happened with the government, with the trade representatives. It got -- and industry, it got all discombobbled. But our focus was to extend those quotas on because we thought it helped everybody involved. But that didn't get done.
Q - You know it has had a devastating effect on this province?
A - I do know that. I do know that.
Q - Yeah. And let me go back to my original question.�It was -- am I correct that under your direction the International petitioned the United States government to impose those duties on Canada?
A - You know, I don't recall that. I don't recall that. That means that -- you know, I don't know what the legislative office ended up doing. But I know my direction was let's try to extend what we've got now.
Q - Okay. I take it if you had a look at the petition it would refresh your memory and you could tell Your Ladyship whether or not the International petitioned the United States government?
A - I don't know that. I don't know.
Q - If you looked at the petition and it said one of the petitioners was the International, that still wouldn't help you?
A - I guess that would help me.

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