Guess BM has his NDP skirt on.  US timber land ( as I recall it) are 90% privately owned whereas BC lands as stated by BM are 90% crown.  The stumpage fees are much lower on crown lands....therein is the problem for the USA.  So, increase the stumpage to equal  private lands stumpage  and use the extra $ to cut provincial taxes.  One would think BM would focus on that and highlight the Canadian taxation versus US taxation regime as the real reason we have differences in the above . Canada needs to have corporate and individual taxation that match the US's as a starting point in the competitive fairness assessment arena.