Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs to diversify trade, as backlash to the US decision to hike duties on Canadian softwood continues:
- United Steelworkers: These unfair duties put thousands of jobs at risk
- Unifor: Urges support for forestry workers and communities
- Rob Shaw, CHEK: Warns of collapse in BC’s lumber sector unless policy shifts
- Resource Works: The potential ripple effects of a sectoral downturn
- Ontario and New Brunswick: Call the duties unjustified and harmful
- US Homebuilders: Urge negotiations on a new softwood lumber agreement
- HBS Dealer Magazine: Conflict over softwood lumber—claims and counterclaims
In other news: Canada faces a housing slump; US homeownership rate falls; PotlatchDeltic posts a modest Q2 profit, and mass timber gains ground in Maine. Meanwhile: FPAC’s Derek Nighbor reflects on being Canadian and working with forests; Yukon and BC explore the benefits of prescribed fire; the US Forest Service is closing regional offices; Oregon receives funds for advanced wood products; and Colorado debates whether beetles help or hurt forests.
Finally, how biodiversity—especially seed-dispersing animals—supercharges forest carbon uptake.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor