Some of us also have a tendency to believe that the US knows what it's doing. Remember in high school poli. sci. class learning that free trade wasn't a new idea. We'd had it with the US before (part of that agreement made both dollars equal in value) & they'd pulled out of it. The longer we've had this free trade the more Canadian business relocated to the US. With the current US economy makes you wonder even more why we're still in it.

Here in NB it's the Irving's who hold it all. Not just lumber & oil. All the papers, building supply stores, our bus line, paper products, food product lines for their convenience stores. Several family connections in politics. NS has the McCains. Seems every prov. has a family who has its fingers in every pot.

On the "food" inset: have seen some of these products here in NB. Maybe this article & it's comments had something to do with that. Last week saw the chocolate Chex Mix @ WalMart. Have seen the Reese's Nutrageous in the dollar stores. Cherry Coke in a pop machine. Will be on the look out for Pay Day bars, Parmesan Goldfish & Cookie Crisp cereal.