Ontario Premier Ford last week attacked a broad range of U.S. Members of Congress and President Trump and demanded that President Trump eliminate tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber [Ontario premier says Trump’s criticism of Canada’s efforts to stop wildfires is ‘absolutely unacceptable’]. Premier Ford then reminisced about the days when unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports elbowed their way in to maintain 30% to 33% of the US market, while displacing American-made lumber. “Through strong trade law enforcement and Section 232 tariffs, President Trump has achieved historically low market shares for unfairly traded Canadian lumber in the US market—down to 19%. …”Instead of demanding that America open its gates to Canada’s massive and heavily subsidized excess lumber capacity to improve the health of the Canadian forestry industry, Canada should be dismantling that excess capacity in a responsible manner. The US cannot afford to be the dumping ground for Canada’s unfairly traded lumber.