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Maple syrup, maple chocolate, maple lollipops: a look inside Canada’s gifts to UN diplomats

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A bottle of Canadian maple syrup sits alongside a bag of Colombian coffee on the Sri Lankan desk at the UN General Assembly on Oct. 12, 2010. Maple products have long been a gift of choice for Canadian diplomats.Photograph by Evan Schneider, courtesy of the United Nations

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 18, 2020

When keeping up the tradition of diplomatic gift-giving, Canada's mission to the United Nations takes cues from its flag—handing out an assortment of maple-related items to envoys from across the world. Maple syrup, maple cookies, maple butter, maple chocolate, and maple lollipops are some of the...

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