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Mayor Alain Gauthier doesn't blame RYAM for its decision. He calls US tariffs "a bomb to shut down our manufacturing in Canada".
He wants Ottawa to retaliate with its own duties on the board products coming into Canada from the US, currently tariff-free.
And he says that while politicians have said Canada is in an economic war with the US, "in reality we see absolutely no evidence of war measures being taken".
"We feel we got into a war with kid's water guns to fight back."
Some, like Lefebvre, feel that forestry has taken a back seat in the fight to save other tariffed industries like steel and autos.
This month, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly threatened Stelco - one of Canada's largest steelmakers - with financial penalties or a forced asset sale should they go ahead with the planned layoffs of some 500 workers due to steel tariffs pressure.
Stelco in Hamilton, near Toronto, is owned by US-based Cleveland-Cliffs, which committed to keeping jobs in Canada when it bought the firm in 2024.
Last week, Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced nearly C$9bn ($6.4bn; £4.8bn) to help Ontario's steel and auto sector. The funds will be used to help the industries modernise, strengthen domestic demand and open new markets overseas, they said.
Sébastien Lemire, the elected MP for Témiscaming from the Bloc Québécois party, told the BBC that he is "very concerned and worried" about what he calls inaction from the Carney government to support the town and Quebec's forestry industry more broadly.
A spokesperson for Minister Joly told the BBC in a statement that the government has made available $400m to support the forestry sector in rural and remote areas.
It has also launched a programme to help businesses impacted by tariffs to access cash-flow while they work to pivot away from US markets.
On the Témiscaming mill, the spokesperson said that the government "is actively working with all parties involved to find a viable solution to the issues facing the company, while responsibly managing Canadians' dollars."