Kevin in Vancouver
Is the economy on the right track. Here are the facts and if you read you will see exports are responding to the low dollar.
Exports grew to CAD 44.6 billion in June, the first increase in six months. Exports of consumer goods rose 17.2 percent to a record CAD 6.0 billion, led by pharmaceutical and medicinal products (+41.7 percent), prepared and packaged seafood products (+128.9 percent) and miscellaneous goods and supplies (+17.1 percent). Exports of metal and non-metallic mineral products grew 10.8 percent to CAD 5.1 billion, mainly driven by higher sales of precious metals and precious metal alloys (+18.3 percent). Excluding energy products, shipments were up 6.9 percent.
Jessica Murray
i'm not going to check the numbers, because i believe it. a lower dollar is good for our economy. so, why, then has harper done everything he can to keep the dollar as high as possible?
this growth in exports is in despite of harper, not because of him.
imagine how well we could have been doing if he hadn't gone out of his way to keep the dollar high...
he was beaming with pride when we hit parity, spinning it like it was a source of national pride that had been suppressed by the treasonous "previous government".
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-liberals-infrastructure-deficits-1.3205535