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Kamloops-North Thompson B.C. Conservative MLA Ward Stamer says he raised softwood lumber and tariff concerns during a meeting last week with senior U.S. diplomats. The forests critic was one of several B.C. Opposition MLAs to meet with Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, and Vancouver-based U.S. consul general Shawn Crowley on July 4. …Stamer said the meeting was “very positive.” …“The president can say things that might sort of seem kind of contradictory to what we’re talking about, but at the end of the day the president is trying to have more manufacturing in his country, and that is why he’s pushing so hard in making some of these deals,” Stamer said. Stamer said he explained to the ambassador an example where a full log can be made into veneer in Kamloops, then shipped down to the U.S. where it’s then made into cabinets — a “win-win” for both countries.