‘Shaky trade

F= trade. — it has a nice ring to it. It encourages

supply. and demand to flourish between coun-

tries. It allows the natural flow of goods; without

putting restrictions on imports. It supports competitive

‘/pricing and weeds out opportunists preying on con-

sumers. Aud idealistically, it promotes good relations
between countries.

‘Ah - yes, good. relations. Prime Minister Brian

‘|; Mulroney bent over backwards to develop and nourish.
: good Canada-U.S, relations with ‘President Ronald’

Reagan.
But the president’s decision to put a five-year tariff
- on imported ‘western ‘red cedar shingles and shakes —
© 35 per-cent in ‘the first 22 years, 20 per cent for the

-mext two — only ‘one day’ after ‘trade talks began be--
‘tween Canada and the U:S., is a slap in the face. More.
than: that, Reagan has given: Canada the political cold.

: shoulde in‘ the: fac ‘of ‘developing : a brotherly. pact of.

move, if. not rescinded, “could cost B: C. its
ea-year shake and shingle industry, and the

is:'thé treatment we get? _
U.S. needs the quantity and..
can supply, so why i is it biting the:

Hand tha feeds it? The tarifi -coul

date caused my. mind to wander: back .t a childhood. game

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