REUTER CANADA BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
Lawmakers from Ontario asked their U.S.
counterparts to exempt Canada from the mandatory trade
retaliation provisions in a major trade bill being considered
by the U.S. congress.
    MONTREAL - Consolidated-Bathurst Inc said it expects
improvement in the pulp and paper sector shown in the second
half of 1986 to continue this year.
    MONTREAL - Alcan Aluminium Ltd set up a new business
development position in Europe to be managed by its
Geneva-based Alcan Alumium S.A. unit.
    TORONTO - Trilon Financial Corp said the Canadian
government is sympathetic to Trilon's concerns about possible
limits placed on its expansion by government proposals to
deregulate financial institutions.
    MONTREAL - Diamond-Bathurst Inc should return to
profitability this year after reporting a 6.2 mln U.S. dlr loss
in 1986, CB Pak Inc, which owns 45 pct of the company, said.
 Reuter
