You see the value of the Canadian Dollar is a complex proces. It is directly proportional to the number of bottles of Windsor Canadian consumed, and the gross maple syrup production. You take that number and add the number of baby seals clubbed in northern Ontario and the gross weight of cargo hauled by the Ice Road Truckers. Divide this number by the combined price of a six-pack of Molsen and have a backbacon sammich. Then subtract the number of Tim Horton's in the Greater Toronto area. This is how you get the value of the canadian dollar.

No more nudie bar trips to Windsor. Used to be you could get a good lap dance for $5 American. Now I'll have to stay in Ohio and have unhappy endings.

Eh, Juan, you're just gonna have to drive further into Canada. I hear there's some Inuit hotties up in the Nunavut Territory. Mighty cold up in there, though, and I'm not talking about the climate.

There's 2 things I can think of:
#1. Marijuana. It's a huge underground economy, and we import LOTS AND LOTS of it from Canada. Our dollars flowing into canada should affect the value of their currency.
#2. Oil. We import lots of oil from canada. America gets most of its oil from mexico and canada, I think.
#3. The value of the canadian dollar has not risen, and the price of gold hasn't really risen.. Instead, the value of the dollar and fallen.

Those are my guesses.

- Dick

All this means is that Canadian goods are now cheaper in the US, and US products are more expensive in Canada. That would be great if Canada's only exports weren't maple syrup and... well... err... maple syrup.