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SHIFTHEADS: Canada Has a Syrup Reserve But No Oil Reserve. Priorities
Maple syrup fraud just became the most Canadian scandal possible. Quebec has a strategic reserve, a single desk authentication system, and wholesale testing on every batch. Someone still managed to swap sugar cane syrup into maple syrup cans, put stickers over the logos, and sell them to grocers across the province at a discount. The grocers didn't ask questions.
Steve Boudreaux is currently the most hated man in Quebec. The CBC's French language consumer program Encaite tested samples after what Dr. Sylvain Charlebois suspects was a whistleblower tip, and the story came apart fast. The…
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