U.S. producers supply 25 per cent of manufactured materials used in domestic construction, prompting the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) to warn that new counter-tariffs could further raise costs and disrupt supply chains for job sites across the country. (The Logic)

Talking point: That share of U.S. imports is as high as 40 per cent when it comes to engineering construction, such as communications infrastructure or oil and gas, based on 2024 data. The CCA listed the affected U.S. goods most likely to give contractors headaches, including plywood, scaffolding, carpets, pipe fittings, buckets, shovels and screws. CCA president Rodrigue Gilbert told The Logic his group supports Buy Canadian policies, but that builders are often locked into contracts and material orders put into place years earlier. He urged Ottawa to speed up its review and approval of remission requests.

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