I'm not a fan of protectionism either, but that particular example is not true at all. Lumber prices rose because at the start of the pandemic, the industry pr

I'm not a fan of protectionism either, but that particular example is not true at all. Lumber prices rose because at the start of the pandemic, the industry predicted a housing crash and took drastic steps to downsize and then the exact opposite happened. And we were left with a garden-variety supply vs demand situation. If it was just protectionism, prices in Canada would not have had sharply increased lumber prices at the exact same time: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lumber-prices-covid-19-cost-of-housing-1.5973416 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lumber-prices-covid-19-cost...