Here's what will get more expensive

[moniss]

17. The effect on produce prices

will be the quickest impact for most consumers. The supply of fresh produce is on a short timeline from grower to grocer compared to other items. I would also imagine that softwood lumber, used in most home construction/remodeling, will see increases fairly quick. Plywood and laminates, although also produced in the US, I would imagine will follow along.

But Crumb The 1st making the statement that we "have enough forests of our own" so that we don't need Canadian lumber is about as ignorant as one might expect. Our softwood forests couldn't begin to heavily substitute for the supply of softwood. Our "managed" forests that we do have for softwood production can't just magically pop trees into existence that are "harvest" size and useable. There is a timeline for their growth. These managed areas of forest also have developed access, support services etc. built up around them.

An idiot, like Crumb, looks at pictures of forested areas in the West and envisions a huge supply effect. But much of it would take a huge effort, cost and time to develop and therefore the cost can be prohibitive. Also to an ignoramus like Crumb a tree is a tree and lumber is lumber. The concept of softwood, hardwood, grading etc. and why things are applicable for one use but not another are pieces of information the "knee-jerk" (or just plain jerk) reaction types brush aside in their simplistic and ignorant view of things.