Right now $1 Canadian buys you 73¢ US.
This is great for American companies who want to take advantage of cheap Canadian labor, or to buy Canadian real estate or businesses, but it's not so great for US companies who compete with Canadian companies like lumber and milk.
Europe got around this by creating a euro zone, should the US and Canada do the same?
I know China is trying to keep their currency high because they don't want money to leave China. Couldn't this be a problem in Canada too? Money leaving Canada because Canadian currency lost value?
Both currencies have the same name so that's a bonus. If memory serves both currencies have similar denominations too.