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U.S.-Canada lumber deal under scrutiny

An independent online news magazine out of British Columbia published an article today calling the 2006 U.S.-Canada softwood lumber agreement a "slush fund." Thetyee.ca claims that "much of the $1 billion the Canadian negotiators relinquished to the United States has been used to reward the American lumber industry and other friends of President George Bush's administration."

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June 5, 2008