1. As the Canadian dollar falls, Canadian producers reap higher returns. 2. A five-year lumber accord between the two countries reached last year was the result of strong pressure from Canadian producers tired of paying countervailing duties. 3. Canadian producers called American trade rules unfair and said they were prepared to fight back. 4. Canadian producers of heavy oil are expected to report higher second-quarter earnings, while conventional crude companies will post smaller gains, analysts said. 5. Cascades Inc. and Domtar Inc. said they agreed to merge some of their assets to create the largest Canadian producer of linerboard and corrugated containers. 6. Canadian lumber producers may increase shipments to Asia because of restrictions on exports to the U.S. and weak markets in Europe, industry executives said. 7. Canadian producers had greater success with price increases than U.S. mills because prices in Canada were lower, said analyst Anna Sorbo of CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Inc. 8. Emotions have always run high in the syrup industry, said one Canadian producer. 9. From a Canadian producer, this is one of the most Alsatian-like wines in North America. 10. Lower base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange could signal further share-price declines for Canadian producers. |