COATICOOK, Que. – Alain Ouzilleau’s custom cabinet plant in Coaticook, Que., is only running at half capacity. Ouzilleau spent $25 million to expand Cabico&Co’s operations over the last five years, with a new 50,000-sq. ft building and state-of-the-art robots. But instead of growth, the double hit of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs and a flood of foreign imports now has him breaking even. He laid off about 200 of his 700-person workforce, which includes the company’s second plant in St. Catharines, Ont. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to double those tariffs to 50 per cent in January, but delayed that move by a year. However, even at the 25 per cent level, Ouzilleau says Cabico&Co “cannot be profitable.” “We’re breaking even, but we want to continue to invest,” he told CTV News at the plant. “One of the options to protect our Canadian jobs, will be having operations south of the border, which I hate to do.”