From everything I've heard over the last number of years (at least when the NDP was in power) was that the government was more a hinderance than a help.  But I don't know any real facts to support either case.

A news web site said the following on how this will affect us:  "A 19.3 per cent duty would cost Canadian producers well over $1 billion and could devastate high-cost lumber mills in British Columbia, Canada's biggest wood-producing province."

Those Americans are really pissing me off.  Just when we elect a provincial government that might actually kickstart our economy, this happens.

Ok, I'm done griping now.