For Avik Caron, opportunity came knocking in 2011 when the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers rented a warehouse partly owned by his wife to store that year’s harvest.
As if he had been handed the keys to a bank vault, Caron almost immediately began looking for a black-market buyer who could convert the syrup-filled barrels into cash in his pocket.
The judge said that the crime was caused by opportunity. Do you suppose he meant that this would never have happened if producers were allowed to market their own syrup from their own properties? Okay, kay..just being stupid.
ReplyDelete