Canadian dollar is the highest it has been since Jan 26, 1978. It is worth 90 cents (USD) and has been going up for a while:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... /Business/Good news/bad news. While it's great to see the Canadian dollar rise like this, the down side is some factories like BF Goodrich are pulling Canadian plants because it's no longer economical as there was such as discount to have the work done here when the our dollar was down around the 75 cents area.
Still, it's nice to finally see the dollar rise. I know I've always wanted to see it even out. I remember years ago seeing some show/movie with Pamela Anderson where she wanted payment in Canadian dollars for some job because it was worth more. Maybe she was on to something.