A few years ago it was big news that the Lifesavers candy plant was moved from the US to Canada.  The reason given by the makers of Lifesavers, Kraft foods, was the US sugar program that made their raw materials costs out of line.

It looks to me like they were fibbing if that was the reason:

Hershey Co. is closing its last Canadian factory, laying off 580 workers and moving part of the production to the United States and Mexico.

I’m thinking that Kraft was using the program as an excuse for a bailout and didn’t get it.

Here’s an interesting article on the Sugar industry.

In the interests of full disclosure you should know that the sugar industry is a huge business where I live.