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Government of Canada Announces Support for Forest Sector Workers and Communities | |
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2017-06-01 | |
发布年 | 2017 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 加拿大 |
领域 | 地球科学 |
正文(英文) | June 1, 2017 Canada’s forest industry sustains hundreds of thousands of good, middle-class jobs in communities across our country. Many families depend on the industry’s continued success and our government continues to fight vigorously to defend the interests of Canadian softwood lumber producers. Today, the Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, announced $867 million in measures to support forest industry workers and communities affected by U.S. measures targeting softwood lumber. This includes federal loans and loan guarantees to complement provincial efforts for viable Canadian companies. Export Development Canada (EDC) will make commercial financing and risk management solutions — including loans and loan guarantees — valued at up to $500 million available to assist viable forestry companies. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) will make $105 million in commercial financing available to help eligible forestry companies in the short and medium term. Funding for further loan guarantees may be considered by the Government in the future to address changing market conditions. The Government’s support also includes investments to diversify forest products and markets, to increase the industry’s resilience to these unfair trade actions and promote its long-term health. Additional measures announced today include more than $260 million in new funding to:
Today’s announcement demonstrates the Government’s commitment to take quick action and its overarching strategy to target new markets around the globe in a concerted effort to enhance trade and market diversification for Canadian wood and wood products as part of the clean-growth economy. Federal Cabinet ministers have recently travelled to the U.K., continental Europe and Asia, including China, to promote these measures and Minister Carr will travel to China with a delegation of Canadian forest industry representatives in early June to build on that success. These actions defend the interests of Canadians against the U.S. Department of Commerce’s imposition of countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber and build upon recent efforts made to ensure the continued growth and vibrancy of this sector. The Government of Canada continues to forcefully press our American counterparts to rescind this unfair and unwarranted trade action while remaining confident that a negotiated settlement is not only possible, but in the best interests of both countries.
Associated LinksAlexandre Deslongchamps Media Relations Follow us on Twitter: @NRCan (http://twitter.com/nrcan) NRCan’s news releases and backgrounders are available at www.news.gc.ca. |
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来源平台 | Natural Resource canada |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/103555 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
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