Devoting More Column Inches Won't Solve Softwood Dispute

Published November 30, 2005

In case you missed it, the Canadian media has a plan for the softwood lumber file.

If they devote enough newsprint to the story, they just might give the ailing lumber industry a financial shot in the arm. At some point, column-inches begin to translate into board-feet.

It's a familiar response to trade crises. You may remember the heroic attempts by ordinary Canadians to ramp up their...