Lumber industry observers say that Canadian softwood still has an advantage over American product despite the imposition of U.S. tariffs, the Globe and Mail reports. That advantage is its superior quality: Canadian spruce, pine, and fir two-by-fours is lighter and weight and more durable than American pine.
“Southern yellow pine has wider growth rings. Therefore, it twists more and it warps and splits more easily,” Josh Sawatzky, owner of Madera Forest Products in Acheson, Alta., told the paper.
