Washington, D.C. – Canada has convened a summit organized by both federal and provincial governments with the Canadian industry focused on finding ways to maintain Canada’s massive excess and unneeded lumber capacity. That excess capacity continues to be immensely disruptive to the U.S. lumber market… A provincial government official emphasized that this summit [is centered] around the need to “stand up for B.C. forestry workers, their interests, and their paychecks.” “Canada should be discussing how to reduce its …excess lumber capacity instead of holding a summit on how to maintain that excess capacity and production. Canada’s insistence on protecting its excess capacity and the associated Canadian jobs means shipping 60 to 90 percent of that lumber into the U.S. market at the direct expense of U.S. jobs. Canada should reverse its massive lumber subsidy programs and should stop treating the U.S. market as its dumping ground for Canadian lumber,” continued van Heyningen.