Quebec Furniture Maker Shuts Down After 86 Years

0:00Quebec's South Shore furniture is shutting down for good after sales dropped 77% between 2022 and 2000, 25, wrapping up 86 years of manufacturing in the province. The family run business will slowly close its plants in St. Quas and Khaua Cook over the next few weeks, with 126 employees learning the news on Monday and staying on payroll for a bit longer. Leaders there point to cheap furniture, dumping from China and Vietnam, flooding Canadian and U.S. markets for years, undercutting prices while recent. U.S. tear have shifted even more imports north and blocked their own export south. The general director called it heartbreaking for the family, and praised workers for their grit, noting the company hit peak sales during the pandemic, and poured money into automation, but raw materials from Quebec forests cost too much to compete. One of Canada's last big domestic furniture makers, founded back in 1940, they're urging leaders to step up with trade tools fast, or watch.

1:00Thousands more jobs vanish across the industry. From your city, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.