Softwood deal with U.S. will go ahead: HarperCanadian Press August 22, 2006 OTTAWA — The federal Tory government will move to implement the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber deal after getting a clear majority of support from all parts of the country for the controversial trade agreement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday. Harper said the government will go ahead with legislation this fall to push the deal forward but he didn't specify what percentage of lumber companies backed the agreement, which would put to rest a four-year trade dispute that has devastated Canada's lumber industry. However, he threatened to call an...