Quebec’s South Shore Furnishings stated it should finish all operations after a 77 per cent drop in gross sales between 2022 and 2025, bringing 86 years of producing within the province to a detailed.
The family-owned firm says its amenities in Sainte-Croix and Coaticook will step by step stop operations within the coming weeks. Its 126 staff had been knowledgeable of the choice Monday and can stay on the payroll for a number of weeks.
“It’s a particularly tough state of affairs for our household, but additionally for our staff who’ve proven distinctive dedication and resilience in current months,” stated the corporate’s normal director, Charles Laflamme, in a press release thanking workers for his or her dedication.
He stated the corporate made each effort to take care of operations and jobs however might not proceed in a market “the place the foundations of the World Commerce Group should not revered.”
The corporate factors to years of heavy dumping of furnishings from China and Vietnam into Canadian and U.S. markets, which it says drove down costs.
The discharge added that current U.S. tariffs on sure Asian international locations redirected extra of these merchandise into Canada, whereas tariffs affecting Canada slowed exports south of the border, successfully erasing demand on either side.
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Chair of the board Jean Laflamme stated the state of affairs is especially tough given the corporate’s previous efficiency, noting it reached peak gross sales through the pandemic and invested closely in automation to spice up productiveness.
“If furnishings is bought at costs beneath our uncooked materials prices, only a few Canadian corporations can survive,” he stated, including many of the firm’s supplies come from Quebec’s forestry sector.
Laflamme referred to as on decision-makers to behave shortly utilizing accessible authorized instruments to help the broader trade, warning the state of affairs might result in extra closures affecting tens of 1000’s of jobs.
The corporate was based in 1940 in Sainte-Croix, Que.
It stated it was one of many final main Canadian furnishings producers assembling merchandise domestically.
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