OTTAWA — Less than a week after Prime Minister Paul Martin publicly raised the spectre of energy restrictions as a lever in the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute, the federal government is launching an aggressive push to sell energy and wood to China.
“Now is the time to diversify Canada’s trade and investment relations, especially in China, and especially in energy and other natural resources,” Revenue Minister John McCallum said.
Mr. McCallum, who became acting Natural Resources Minister last month after John Efford stepped aside because of health concerns, is travelling to Beijing today in advance of the G-20 summit, for talks with senior Chinese officials.
The timing of the trip, so soon after Mr. Martin’s toughly worded speech to a New York audience, is no coincidence and is partly intended to reinforce Mr. Martin’s message, sources say.
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