Trade tensions and increasingly expensive imported construction materials could drive some Point Roberts businesses out of B.C. market.
“I believe what we’ll do is we’ll change our buying, and we’ll just purchase out of the United States,” said Michelle Schwalback on the possibility of long-lasting levies on Canadian lumber.
The general manager of Nielson’s Building Center LLC, a hardware store in Point Roberts, says there’s been a big drop in demand for construction materials amid tariffs. However, she said this was mostly based on the price of the Canadian dollar.
“Of course, the tariffs have now made it more difficult and more challenging—more costly,” said Schwalback.
Although her hardware
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