The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that a U.S. lumber industry group has expanded its list of complaints lodged with the Department of Commerce against Canadian softwood producers, alleging that a wide range of federal and provincial programs amount to unfair subsidies. The Globe's Brent Jang writes that lobby group Coalition has presented nine "new subsidy allegations," claiming that Canadian producers benefit from federal government programs, including one that offers refundable tax credits for clean technology such as solar power. Coalition has members such as Seattle-based Weyerhaeuser Co. And it has sway over Congress, with the backing of many influential U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives. The Commerce Department is investigating the nine new allegations put forward by the group. Canada has repeatedly rejected American arguments that Canadian producers benefit from subsidies and also denies dumping. The new subsidy allegations, if substantiated by the Commerce Department, would escalate the softwood dispute that dates back to the early 1980s. The accumulated U.S. duties paid by Canadian softwood producers since 2017 alone have reached roughly $7.7-billion (U.S.).