Amar Doman

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to offer over a billion dollars for Canada’s softwood lumber industry has a developer concerned funds will be perceived as subsidies causing uncertainty for exporters relying on business with the United States. “I think the Prime Minister is doing what he can and trying to put his arms around the industry the best he can. The problem with what he’s doing is that it could be read as another subsidy, and that’s what this whole thing is about,” Amar Doman, founder and CEO of Doman Building Materials, told BNN Bloomberg. “It’s about our stumpage system and about how we unfairly dump lumber into the states. We’ve got to be a little careful if we’re throwing more, call it money, to the sawmill industry. …we might get back into hot water and get viewed as more subsidies, and that’s not what we need.”