Aaahh…good old fashioned “free market” monopolies.

It’s a great article / book excerpt, worth the read. The author’s byline is diverse:

Peter Kuitenbrouwer is an award-winning journalist, author, and registered professional forester. He now manages forests, including his family’s own woodlot in Madoc, Ontario, where they make maple syrup every spring. He teaches forestry at the University of Toronto and journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University.