Softwood Talks Are Off But.....

....GordCo's Still Carrying Water For Little Stephen

VANCOUVER (CP) June 17th - B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell says working through framework agreements is what's stalling the Canada-U.S. talks on softwood lumber.

The premier says the break in negotiations does not mean anyone has walked away from the table, adding lawyers are carefully going through the deal reached in April and that takes a lot of time. The agreement between Canada and the U.S. would replace punitive U.S. import duties with a Canadian border tax or quota system but yet to be signed.

Campbell reiterated that the province would walk away from the deal if it was not right for British Columbia.

It's not known when negotiations on finalizing the agreement will resume.

Again, there are knowns that we know and unknowns that we don't know.

And then, of course, there are knowns that we won't know are unknowns until they resume being negotiated at an as yet unknown date that will maybe be known in the future.

But there is one thing we do know for sure - a deal that does not exist is still not a deal, no matter what the neandercons say.

____
*And don't forget - There are congress critters who want our wood.

.