A forestry products company and its parent are both lobbying the government of Alberta as the lumber industry faces trade threats from the U.S.

A forestry products company and its parent are both lobbying the government of Alberta as the lumber industry faces trade threats from the U.S.

A truck is loaded with a shipment of softwood lumber at Groupe Crete, a sawmill in Mont-Blanc, Que., on Jan. 20. A forestry company and its parent both registered to lobby the Alberta government on the same day. (The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi) Atlas Holdings, a conglomerate that owns 27 manufacturing companies in Canada and the U.S., registered to lobby the Alberta government to “evaluate whether there is high-level support for Atlas prop…