and move Life Saver production across the border to Montreal, Canada.

One reason is that Canadian workers are paid slightly less, especially in healthcare and insurance costs that are not

linked to employment there. Another main reason is that the United States government keeps the sugar price high

for the benefit of sugar farmers, with a combination of a government price floor program and strict quotas on

imported sugar. In recent years, the price of U.S. sugar has been about double the price of sugar produced by the

rest of the world. Life Saver production uses over 100 tons of sugar each day, because the candies are 95% sugar.

A number of other candy companies have also reduced U.S. production and expanded foreign production. Sugar-

using industries have eliminated over 100,000 jobs over the last 20 years, more than seven times the total

employment in sugar production. While the candy industry is especially affected by the cost of sugar, the costs are
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