Our future????

[Ragged View]

Ran across this interesting clip about how things go up north.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/business/international/100000003813251/the-darker-side-of-maple-syrup.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=timesvideo-heading&module=watch-in-times-video&region=video-player-region&WT.nav=video-player-region

[AdirondackSap]

Don't ever let it happen here in the states. Like Charles Hesston would say over my dead body. They would be met with hail of bullets

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

"stand guard over us while making syrup"

I have guns too

[lakeview maple]

Im with you Flats

[tcross]

wow... they have it pretty bad! And
just 5 miles north me!

[WESTMAPLES]

wow that is some true Bulls... hopefully in my lifetime that never happens and trust me everyone one standing around in my sugar shack has a LTC, so it would be a red dot party !!!

[n8hutch]

Definitely A propaganda piece, while I certainly wouldn't want to be in their situation it is kind of an incomplete story. At no time do they discuss how much syrup they we're allowed to produce " quota" or what affect it was having on there Finances.
I just think they could have given us much more information the story was very short sided. I understand there frustration for sure but only telling half the story isn't always that helpful.

[ennismaple]

And to be clear - that is in Quebec only. In Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia we are free to make and sell syrup. Most producers in Quebec are satisfied with the stability the Federation gives them in terms of price per pound and a know market for their syrup.