Canada has been slapped with additional tariffs on lumber and timber by the Trump Administration Tuesday, and BC Conservative leader John Rustad and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer said thermal coal shipments need to be the target of retaliatory measures.

The MLA and BC Conservative leader also criticized Premier David Eby's government for not doing enough to make wood available.

An additional 10 per cent tariff on imports of softwood lumber and timber into the United States took effect Oct. 14. That’s in addition to the existing 35 per cent in tariffs. The U.S. government is also set to impose 25-per-cent increases on certain upholstered furniture, bringing that to 30 per cent in tariffs on Jan. 1, 2026. On the same day, a 25-per-cent increase on kitchen cabinets and vanities wi

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