Canada’s maple syrup industry playing it shy and sanguine as trade war looms

Inside Maple Treat Corp. headquarters in Granby, Que., Louis Turenne scans the factory floor from a perch in the lunch room, his eyes fixed on a steady stream of 1-litre plastic jugs being injected with gold-coloured liquid and plugged with green caps. Depending on the line, it’s 40 to 120 bottles…