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[–] HonoredMule@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

Frankly we should have been putting export taxes on lumber all along. Or we could just charge higher stumpage fees, but at least we can justify that as minimizing input costs on housing. It's insane that we blindly leave all profit to private business harvesting public resources in a manner optimized for volume.

We effectively are subsidizing our forestry sector just so it can undercut a U.S. private forestry industry that is, as far as I can tell, healthier in both ecological and market terms.