>>>>Canada has offered to give Michigan up to $550 million US to help the
>>>>cash-strapped state pay for a new bridge crossing the Detroit River.
>>>>
>>>>Federal Transport Minister John Baird sent a letter Thursday to
>>>>Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm offering to increase Canada's
>>>>funding for the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) between
>>>>Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
>>>
>>>These are Canadian dollars, right? :)
>>
>>No they are US Dollars, but I think our money is close to par these days.
>>
>>Today the looie is 0.99542 cents to the US Dollar
>
>I was just kidding remembering how we used to go to Canada and brag about how much US dollar would buy. So the typical expression was "Canadian dollars" meaning it was cheap. Not any more :)

It's roughly at par now, but businesses and the government like it to be about ten cents lower than the US buck.