{"id":77639,"date":"2025-10-16T19:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=77639"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:03:06","slug":"ndp-calls-on-government-to-deliver-immediate-relief-as-softwood-tariffs-soar-to-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/ndp-calls-on-government-to-deliver-immediate-relief-as-softwood-tariffs-soar-to-45\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP Calls on Government to Deliver Immediate Relief as Softwood Tariffs Soar to 45%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NDP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Forestry MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk \u2013 James Bay) and NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) released the following statement after the Trump administration levied an additional 10% duty on Canadian\u202fsoftwood, raising total tariffs to 45% \u2013 the highest level since the dispute began and higher\u202fthan tariffs on Russian softwood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tariffs are crippling Ontario\u2019s forestry communities,\u201d said Bourgouin. \u201cEvery added\u202ftax means fewer shifts, fewer paycheques, and more uncertainty for Northern families who\u202frely on these jobs for their livelihoods. Ontario can\u2019t afford to keep waiting for Ottawa to act\u202f\u2013 we need a real, Made-in-Ontario plan to protect jobs now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOntario\u2019s forestry sector is vital to the\u202fprovincial economy, providing thousands of jobs directly, supplying the lumber that builds\u202four homes, and supporting construction and manufacturing jobs.\u201d said Fife. \u201cWhile British Columbia\u202ffights hard to defend their industry, Ontario workers are being left behind. We need tariff\u202frelief, investment in modernization, and a strategy that keeps Ontario lumber in Ontario\u202fhomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NDP is calling on the government to protect jobs and Ontario\u2019s forestry future:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediate tariff relief and a federal-provincial support package for Ontario forestry\u202fjobs;<\/li>\n<li>Implement a\u202fMade-in-Ontario\u202fstrategy to strengthen domestic processing and\u202fprotect the province\u2019s housing supply chain; and<\/li>\n<li>Provide long-term modernization supports, including power-purchase agreements\u202fand union-led re-skilling programs to stabilize mills and retain workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cTariffs are going up, mills are idling, and workers are waiting\u201d said Bourgouin. \u201cThe\u202fgovernment must stop treating this as a temporary problem. Ontario needs a plan to\u202fprotect our jobs, our industry, and our future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDP Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Forestry MPP Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk \u2013 James Bay) and NDP Shadow Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade MPP Catherine Fife (Waterloo) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":71973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario","category-provincial"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 07:16:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77640,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77639\/revisions\/77640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}