TémiscamingMost of the paper mill’s 360 workers are idle.
The mill is the town’s main employer, and property values fell almost overnight.
US duties of 50% hit Canada’s pulp and paper in August, and the mill ships about 75% of its output south.
“We feel we got into a war with kid’s water guns to fight back,” said Mayor Alain Gauthier.
Workers want to buy the mill back from its American owner before winter freezes idle equipment.
How each outlet framed it
- BBC leans critical
- centers the Témiscaming story on personal livelihood and home, with Nadine Suley calling the tariffs 'a personal attack' and property values falling overnight
Sources: BBC