Nova Scotia has formally challenged claims from several larger Canadian provinces that its timber pricing system undermines Canada’s position in the long-running softwood lumber dispute with the United States. In a recent submission to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the province asked U.S. officials to dismiss calls from Quebec, Alberta and Ontario for closer scrutiny of how Nova Scotia determines stumpage fees. At the centre of the disagreement is Nova Scotia’s method for setting stumpage rates. Unlike most Canadian provinces, where forests are predominantly Crown-owned, around 70% of Nova Scotia’s forest land ...
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