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Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity with US$

Posted by kdawson on from the who's-loony-now-eh dept.

boxlight writes in to mark the occasion when the Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in 31 years. The article notes that Canada has run a budget surplus in each of the last 10 years. "This is actually bad for the profits of Canadian corporations that sell their products to the US for US dollars (Canada sells far more to the US that the US sells to Canada); but it means us Canucks will get cheaper Macs as the Canadian prices get closer to US prices with every new release."

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  1. Oh dear, by dwalsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... all the Slashdotters who were moving to Canada to escape their totalitarian state will be whining about how dear everything is up there now.

    You did all move to Canada right?

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  2. Imagine the day all currencies are equal by maillemaker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Imagine the reduction in social strife that will come the day that all the world's currencies are of equal value.

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  3. Flamebait? by dwalsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ah come on! It is such a meme on sites like this to say "fuck it, I'm off to Canada" in humans rights related discussions. Thought it would be funny to pretend they really did.

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  4. Why? by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oil.