If the Euro takes a nose-dive and our CanBuck doesn't, you might be looking at those critters for $4.98 plus tax. In a scenario such as this, the current price would be a disaster for owners.
The Euro is weak right now, but I don't think it's quite that weak.
Of course, the Reichsmark DID manage to depreciate disastrously.... on a daily basis, too... but I don't think we're going to see that again for a while.
What really concerns me is the fact that our dollar is staying below the US, which is plain silly. It's being kept that-a-way by the international currency dealers in order that our resources should be available "internationally" at rock-bottom prices.
I think we should stop exporting ANY resources from which you can build an army: sell finished products only. If nothing else, it would put a million Canadians back to work in an awful hurry. There would be enough jobs that even some of our million-plus illegals might come out of the woodwork and off the welfare rolls and actually work for a living... for a change.
Oh well.... one can always wish.
Hey! We could have our own SA Bren Gun factory!
Betcha didn't think of that!