Yes, exactly this. Across the border in the US, farmers are starting to produce a lot more maple syrup. And there is no cartel here. http://www.economist.com

Yes, exactly this. Across the border in the US, farmers are starting to produce a lot more maple syrup. And there is no cartel here. http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21677990-american-forces-are-freeing-canadian-icon-captivity-sticky-situation http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21677990... As the article points out: "keeping maple syrup expensive limits demand and encourages substitution" (of corn syrup). Meanwhile, "production is outpacing what the Federation can sell. Its “strategic reserve” has swollen to 25m litres of syrup—almost a year’s worth of sales. As America’s output grows, the organisation will have to cut its members’ quotas, stockpile ever more of Quebec’s harvest, or allow prices to fall."