Canadian federal and provincial governments have deployed over $3 billion dollars in new subsidies over the last year in an attempt to maintain Canada’s massive excess lumber capacity and production. As stated by Canadian officials, the goal of these new subsidies is to neutralize the impact of US antidumping and countervailing duties as well as President Trump’s Section 232 tariff measures. …“If Canada doesn’t like being subject to duties and tariffs, then all Canada needs to do is dismantle its massive excess lumber capacity, stop dumping their excess production into the US market to the detriment of U.S. mills and workers,” stated Zoltan van Heyningen, Executive Director. …“Canadian producers and government officials have the audacity to demand that the US drop its trade law enforcement measures and open up our market to even more unfair trade,” stated Steve Swanson, CEO of Swanson Group and Chair of the U.S. Lumber Coalition.

