Today, the Honourable Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board of Canada, visited Brannon Steel in Brampton, Ontario, to reiterate new measures announced by the Government of Canada to protect and transform Canada’s steel and lumber industries. …Building on previously announced measures to help transform the Canadian steel and softwood lumber industries, the government will make it easier to build with Canadian lumber.

• Canada will work with railway companies to cut freight rates for transporting Canadian steel and lumber interprovincially by 50%, beginning in Spring 2026.
• Build Canada Homes will prioritise shovel-ready, multi-year projects that can begin within 12 months and that use Canadian wood products.
• With $700 million next year, Build Canada Homes – our new federal homebuilding agency – alone will create $70 to $140 million of new demand for Canadian wood products – and attract private and provincial capital to multiply its impact.

Using Canadian steel and Canadian lumber, we will build Canada strong.