Two northwestern Ontario organizations are calling on the federal and provincial governments to prioritize finding a solution to the softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the United States. The United States Department of Commerce announced on Friday it was increasing anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 20.56 per cent. In a media release issued this week, the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce and Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) said they condemn the decision. “This is certainly significantly concerning, because it is such a massive increase,” said Charla Robinson, chamber president. “It’s more than 2 1/2 times the duties that were being paid previously.” “That’s a huge added cost for every board that goes across the border,” she said. “And then there’s also the potential that there could be some retroactive payments required as well.”