lumber

His father was a lumber inspector and his mother a housewife.

On Monday, he met with British Columbia Premier David Eby to discuss collaboration opportunities in the lumber industry, national transportation corridors and affordable housing projects, according to his office.

Canada has vast supplies of rare earth metals, gold, oil, coal and lumber – the kind of natural wealth that Trump has long prized.

The rest of the lumber is rounded into a more tapered shape at the end.

The US imports about a third of its softwood lumber from Canada each year, and that key building material could be hit by Trump's tariffs.