Boys urge McBoycott over softwood lumber dispute

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Two boys from Alberta and B.C. are organizing a one-day boycott of McDonalds restaurants to pressure Washington over the softwood lumber dispute.

The boys – Luke McAndless-Davis of New Westminster, B.C., and his friend Matthew Monteith-Forsyth of Calgary – called the McBoycott because they're furious the U.S. government won't repay $5 billion in excess trade tariffs collected from Canadian producers of softwood lumber.

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They condemned U.S. President George W. Bush and his administration for refusing to respect several NAFTA rulings supporting Canadian claims that the tariffs were illegal – including a recent one by an international panel whose rulings were supposed to be binding in disputes under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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They've rounded up support from the National Union of Public and General Employees, the B.C. Carpenters Union and provincial and federal politicians, among others.

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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/12/mcdonalds-051112.html

(Good for them! Seeing young people involved and informed about issues like this is great, imo! I hope they do get their message out to other young people on this.)