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Canada's ambassador to the United States said she and her team are working to strengthen relationships with lawmakers from both parties ahead of the 2024 election.

As residents continue to recover from the wildfires from earlier this year, some of the destroyed trees will soon play a crucial role in rebuilding lost homes.

A NAFTA dispute panel found that the way that duties on Canadian softwood lumber are calculated is inconsistent with U.S. law.

Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is launching challenges under the North American free-trade deal as well as before the U.S. Court of International Trade.

A statement from Canfor says the company will spend about $200 million to build the "low cost, high efficiency" facility with site preparation scheduled for next spring.

Canada has filed for judicial review of last month's Commerce Department assessment of the levies, which International Trade Minister Mary Ng says is "unfair, unjust and illegal."

Quebec's wildfire prevention agency says there are more than 100 fires burning and 43 are considered priorities because they could threaten communities or critical infrastructure.

The unexpected disruption to the lumber industry risks further slowing new home construction, adding to Canada's acute housing shortage.

Last November, Ottawa unveiled its Indo-Pacific strategy, which calls for deeper economic and cultural links with countries that can counterbalance China's growing influence.

Canada's housing prices declined 0.2 per cent month over month in January, according to Statistics Canada, with new house prices declining at the national level. 

A July 2022 briefing note obtained through an access-to-information request shows that Japan has asked Ottawa to be part of the International Tropical Timber Organization.

Trade Minister Mary Ng says the anti-dumping and countervailing duties the U.S. imposes on Canadian softwood lumber are little more than a tax on American consumers.

Party leaders sounded like they were still on the campaign trail Tuesday as they delivered speeches in response to last week's throne speech.

The busy tour marks Trudeau's first visit to the U.S. capital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lumber producer West Fraser Timber is eager to gain relief from the weak U.S. market by further boosting Chinese wood sales, as it comes off the highest export shipments in its history.

British Columbia’s forest industry in August set a new one-month standard for softwood lumber exports to China, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced Monday.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s trip to China has members of Canada’s business and diplomatic community hoping the visit will boost the country's trade relationship with one of the world’s fastest growing economies in a period of financial insecurity.

For the first time in British Columbia lumber-trade history, softwood exports to China have surpassed those to the United States.

The economy in its many facets — jobs, investment and trade — is a top agenda item at the annual summer meeting of Canada's 13 premiers, which runs Wednesday through Friday.

In May, the Chinese bought $120 million of softwood lumber products from B.C., slightly edging out the United States as our top customer.