By Russ Taylor, RUSS TAYLOR GLOBAL and David Elstone, SPAR TREE GROUP/VIEW FROM THE STUMP   VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA - April 2, 2026 Last year, the authors of this post, David Elstone and Russ Taylor, set the record straight in response to claims by the US Lumber Coalition (USLC) that misrepresented the Canadian forest industry and its softwood lumber exports to the US market. Our previous responses to the USLC’s claims are summarized at the end of this post.   We find ourselv