April 29 column: A good deal -- 25 years too late

It was always apparent that the softwood conflict could end only with Canada's capitulation. Hotheaded threats of retaliation against American wine vastly overstated our leverage. Airheaded vows to divert our lumber to China were simply delusional. We were never going to bring the Americans to their knees; nor were we ever likely, however many international trade panels might rule in our favour, to bring them to their senses. [More]