Good news for travellers (I hope)

Good news indeed if you are travelling or cross border shopping.
Terrible new if you are a Canadian manufacturer or have any connection to an industry that exports.

good news if you are traveling to the US, otherwise it's meaningless.

Our dollar isn't getting stronger - the US dollar is getting weaker. Other than allowing Canadians to drive down south to buy cheap goods at Walmart it is generally a negative thing for most of the country.

I loonie buys 1.12 ozzy dollars. Im assuming most of Canadas resource sector trades in the green back, so Jumping Jack Flash has a good point.

The Canadian dollar is the only major currency rising against the price of gold..... so go buy gold!

It totally sucks for those of us in the film business.

It sucks for me, being in manufaturing and all.
My job will go to Mexico or China within the next few years.

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That would explain why the Can $ is appreciating against every other major currency. I guess.

Who cares shortsail? The position of the Canuckbuck vs $US is pretty much the only relationship that matters for Canadian jobs.

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Make that "for some Canadian jobs".

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Canadians should care. An economy predicated on a weak currency is an inefficient economy.