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ne of the most controversial trials of the

20th century began on this day in 1951

and resulted in the execution of two

American civilians for espionage-related

activity during the Cold War. Julius and Ethel Ro-

senberg were tried for passing American military

secrets to the Soviet Union. The severity of the

sentence took the world by surprise, even though

the United States was at the height of McCarthy-

ism. Public sympathy focused on Ethel, who many

believed was not an active participant in her hus-

band’s activities. The trial hinged on the testimony

of her brother, David Greenglass, who later said he

was encouraged by the prosecution to give false

testimony as part of a plea deal for him and his

wife. “My wife is more important to me than my

sister. Or my mother or my father, okay?” The

prosecution said it had urged the death sentence

for Ethel in an effort to extract a full confession

from Julius. In 1953, Julius died after the first shock

in the electric chair. It took five shocks to complete

Ethel’s execution. In January, 2017, Senator Eliza-

beth Warren and others petitioned president Ba-

rack Obama to pardon Ethel. The Rosenbergs’ two

sons continue to seek exoneration for their moth-

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OPINION

ROBYN

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OPINION

RITA

TRICHUR

OPINION

W

hen it comes to maple

syrup production in Can-

ada, Quebec dominates,

but a claim by Ontario of being

second has left a sour taste in the

mouths of some producers in

New Brunswick.

A new television commercial

meant for the Ontario market

says that province is second in

production, but the claim is dis-

puted by New Brunswick.

Louise Poitras, executive direc-

tor of the New Brunswick Maple

Syrup Association, says Ontario

was second only in 2018 – when

New Brunswick had a bad year –

and otherwise her province has

outproduced Ontario every year

since 2012.

“It was the only year in the last

seven years that New Brunswick

wasn’t ranked second,” Ms. Poi-

tras said.

According to Statistics Canada,

Quebec produces more than 90

per cent of maple syrup in Cana-

da. New Brunswick has been in

second place since 2008, with the

exception of 2009, 2011 and 2018,

when that position was held by

Ontario.

Ray Bonenberg of the Ontario

Maple Syrup Producers’ Associ-

ation said the commercial was

produced late last year when the

2018 figures were still the most re-

cent, and there was no intent to

deceive.

“We said to the New Brunswick

folks, ‘Sorry that you feel annoy-

ed, but it’s not inaccurate.’ We

didn’t do this on purpose,” he

said.

“We’re not in a competition

with any other province or the

United States, because we work

together. It doesn’t matter to us

where we rank. The big thing for

us is quality and making sure we

can market our syrup,” Mr.

Bonenberg said.

He said the main emphasis by

producers is on marketing “Cana-

dian” maple syrup.

“I told Louise, ‘Tell your pro-

ducers to sharpen up their drills

and we’ll see what happens in

2020,’ and we laughed,” he said.

Of the maple syrup consumed

in Ontario, only about 50 per cent

is produced domestically in the

province.

Ms. Poitras said unlike Ontario,

New Brunswick exports much of

its maple syrup, so every tool – in-

cluding its production ranking –

is important.

“We sell a lot of our maple syr-

up to Quebec, Germany, France

and Australia. We are taking ad-

vantage of that second rank,” she

said.

Ms. Poitras said New

Brunswick is looking to grow its

export markets, and additional

Crown land made available in

2015 is expected to allow the in-

dustry to grow in each of the next

10 years.

New Brunswick produced a re-

cord 2.7 million litres of syrup and

maple products last year. Ms. Poi-

tras said that brings in about $40-

million annually.

Mr. Bonenberg said the televi-

sion ad will air for another two

weeks and then be updated. In

the meantime, they’ll use the in-

ternet to set the record straight.

“We’re going to post on social

media about the back-and-forth

between Ontario and New Brun-

swick and encourage everyone to

get out and buy maple syrup. We

are both looking forward to a

banner year,” he said.

Mr. Bonenberg joked that On-

tario producers have a right to be

upset with their colleagues from

New Brunswick.

“You have all the lobster!” he

said.

THECANADIANPRESS

Maplesyrupclaimcreatesstickydispute

betweenNewBrunswickandOntario

KEVINBISSETTFREDERICTON

MaplesyrupisbottledatarestaurantinPakenham,Ont.,lastMarch.

Onlyabout50percentofthemaplesyrupconsumedinOntario

isproducedintheprovince.CHRISTINNEMUSCHI/THENEWYORKTIMES

We’renotina

competitionwithany

otherprovinceorthe

UnitedStates,because

weworktogether.It

doesn’tmattertous

wherewerank.Thebig

thingforusisquality

andmakingsurewecan

marketoursyrup.

RAYBONENBERG

ONTARIOMAPLESYRUPPRODUCERS’

ASSOCIATION