Communities reliant on the forest industry are already feeling the affects of the softwood lumber agreement signed earlier this fall with the United States.
The N.D.P.’s Trade Critic, Peter Julian has been touring northern Ontario this week on a fact-finding mission.
He says the deal has killed thousands of jobs right across Canada.
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Julien says instead of leaving a billion dollars of terrifs in U.S. hands, the federal government should have invested the money into communities hit hard by the softwood lumber dispute.
