we don't have to "dump" wheat and lumber on you. Our cost of production for both commodities is lower than yours. It is your builders that want Canadian S.P.F. lumber for construction because it is stronger and weathers better than the softer wood produced in your climate. Your government has used protectionist measures to keep the costs artificially high for your consumers. Building a house? Your lumber costs are probably 20% higher than they need be. Most of our wheat is sold internationally rather than to the U.S. where we usually win on price and quality even though our farmers don't have the benefit of the massive subsidies given by the U.S. government.
But it isn't my taxes subsidizing your farmers and I'm not paying the unnecessary high prices on lumber, so if you're happy with those situations, so be it.
Nice try, but wrong on both counts. I'm a farmer and I know those "massive subsidies" are a myth. Large-scale home builders want white pine from the cheapest source possible, which is Canada. Plus, the only case of Mad Cow Disease in the US was in a calf imported from Canada. Thanks a bunch.