This is the news on the mining bailout:

http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet...

Tories set to add forestry, mining to bailout list

After pledging more than $3-billion to rescue the auto sector, the Harper government is now poised to offer similar aid to the struggling mining and forestry industries in next month's budget.

Industry Minister Tony Clement said Sunday on CTV's Question Period that a number of industries are “under distress” and “other industrial sectors, other extraction sectors are on the table for our budget coming out on January 27th.”

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell called on the Harper government to give “comparable support” to the forestry industry if it subsidizes auto manufacturers in central Canada.

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