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To: james paterson who wrote (7724)	10/19/2000 1:26:40 AM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24905

Whoa boy! >Have you ever stopped to think what backs up the USD? IMO, manipulation, lies & their military. Apparently you haven't. The reason US companies can buy Canadian companies is that they have the money and are willing to spend it. What in the world is unfair about that? Remember, we are only 10% of this continent's economy. What backs up the US$ is a very large and fairly strong economy. What depresses our currency is the punitive taxation and enormous national debt. Now, you want to blame others for the stupid electoral decisions we made over the last 30 years. Your sour grapes is all too typical of small minded nationalists. Quit giving Canadians a bad image! Apologies, thread. I'm usually not this combative, but this kind of drivel has to end somewhere. -g

To: james paterson who wrote (7724)	10/19/2000 6:06:35 AM
From: WWS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24905

James, you said "Add up the dollars. You're talking about a pittance compared to what the americans acquired." I added up the dollars and you've got my list. So where's yours?

To: james paterson who wrote (7724)	10/19/2000 8:11:01 AM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24905

james, RE: I said the americans were using a grossly overvalued fiat currency to unfairly acquire canadian assets. Have you ever stopped to think what backs up the USD? IMO, manipulation, lies & their military. For the past two years, the C$ has appreciated almost in lock step with the US$. Even if your extreme theory is true, the C$ has benefited also. Currency issues have not been an issue. If you want to talk about valuation discrepancies between Canada and the US, then fine, I think that there's an argument there, just like the same argument could be applied to Australian O&G vs Canada or the US.