This report explores three of the objectives presented in the government of British Columbia's document entitled Strong Past, Bright Future: A competitiveness Agenda for BC's Forest Sector in the context of their implications in softwood lumber trade with the United States. The investigation highlights examples of strategies within Strong Past, Bright Future that could be interpreted as government subsidies of the BC forest industry through bio-industries incentives, Forest Innovation and Investment Ltd. programs, as well as proposed and announced tax policies. Based on these observations the author provides recommendations on how these strategies could be modified to avoid violation of international trade agreements and the initiation of countervailing proceedings by the US.
