How about this then: as US companies took over the Alberta oil patch, they closed down the  refineries and moved that capacity down to the US so they could realize the associated economies of scale. Now we are dependent on US refineries so we sell them our crude at a discount of what- 30-40% of the world price and buy back processed products at what a 20-30% premium to the world price. That is a real-life example of how American firms are looking after our interests. And now we have American firms again demanding greater access to raw logs so they can realize the economies of scale by feeding their mills, many around Portland. Many in BC want to slow the continuing rape and pillage of our landscape- executives and senators around Oregon have different priorities. They monies the OR companies got from the last round of duties  may have allowed them to further tighten their grip on the BC industry, but it does not make their absolute dominance right or inevitable.