“Most dimensions are still available,” says Al Jones. “Two by four, two by six, two by eight, no problem at all.”

The motivation behind the curtailments was to drive up demand as well as price. But the latter hasn’t seen much change either. According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, lumber prices as of the week of October 8th were $376 per thousand board feet, unchanged from the week before.

Nor are the contractors struggling.

“As far as an association in residential construction, we haven’t heard that there have been issues with access,” says Terri McConnachie, Executive Officer with the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of Northern BC.

But, she says it is certainly something her Association will be watching.