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What does Canada look like without domestic wood product manufacturing? What are we as Canadians willing to give up before we say 'it’s enough'?

The unbalanced playing field led Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to take swift action, asking the Canadian International Trade Tribunal to investigate the impact of today’s market conditions on Canada’s wood products manufacturers. But an investigation alone is not enough, writes Jean-Francois Dufresne.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEAN-FRANCOIS DUFRESNE

July 13, 2026

What has been experienced by Canadian wood products manufacturers since 2025 can only be described as severe whiplash.

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