NAIRN CENTRE, Ontario —Unifor is calling for urgent, coordinated action from all levels of government following Interfor’s announcement that it is indefinitely curtailing operations at its Nairn Centre sawmill. “Every week brings another closure, another community in crisis,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Workers in Nairn Centre are paying the price for a trade war they didn’t start. Canada needs a real industrial strategy for forestry before we lose any more jobs.” Interfor also announced it will idle its Gogama sawmill. The two new closures follow the shut down of Interfor’s Ear Falls sawmill in October, affecting 160 Unifor members. Unfair U.S. tariffs are believed to be the primary driver of the closures. Payne currently sits on the federal government’s Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force, which is mandated to chart a path to restructure and modernize Canada’s forest sector.