Only Cynics Would See Donated Canadian Softwood As A Threat

By Jerry Dias, Unifor
Huffington Post
November 27, 2017
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada East

When people are hurting, such as after a natural disaster, the normal human reaction is to find a way to help. …In La Doré, Quebec, where the major employer is a Resolute Forest Products sawmill, the obvious way for them to help victims of a devastating hurricane last August in Florida was to send down some of the softwood lumber they produce at the local mill. …Before that could happen, however, there would be a little matter of anti-dumping taxes to be paid. This is silly, and not what anti-dumping measures are meant to be about. …A gift, however, is not dumping. It is a gift, an act of generosity offered in a natural human response to seeing others in need. Resolute made similar donations to those in need in Texas and Puerto Rico.

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