Angèle Grenier

After breaking FPAQ regulations for the sale of her product, choosing to directly export her syrup to New Brunswick, she was threatened with fines and jail time, but refused to stop her actions.

[2] In 2002, FPAQ established further regulations, assigning strict production quotas to producers and keeping all surplus syrup in its "Global Strategic Reserve" warehouses.

[6] In an effort to avoid the attention of the authorities, she and her family eventually resorted to loading barrels of maple syrup onto their truck under cover of darkness, driving across the provincial border before dawn.

[2][8] The police and FPAQ security staff visited her farm, but Grenier refused to return to the practice of selling her syrup to the federation.

[3] In September, Grenier received support from Quebec MP Maxime Bernier, who called for an end to the federation's total control of the syrup industry.