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   > Our gas prices are supposed to drop a fair bit in Canada as the new   
   > Prime Minister drops the Carbon tax but converting gallons and dollars   
   > we've been paying about $4.60 a US gallon in US dollars which I think   
   > is about 50% higher than you guys pay.. The carbon tax off gas will   
   > drop that to closer to $4 here.   
      
   Based on what I paid Friday, $4.60 USD is about 43% more expensive there,   
   so not too far off.   
      
   > I remember hearing about egg prices in the USA due to the bird flu or   
   > whatever it was, but it didn't seem to change much here. The eggs I   
   > got recently cost me about $3.90, and have been at that level for   
   > many months.. and I suppose you have to make allowances for the fact   
   > that our dollar is only about 70 cents US at the moment so $3.90   
   > becomes about $2.75..   
      
   Did your government, or farmers, do a better job of containing it?   
      
   > Milk took a big jump a while back. Our 4 Litre bags are almost   
   > exactly the same as an American gallon. I haven't seen the price   
   > of milk there lately but our price is about $6.60, but not too   
   > long back it was about $4.99 or less..   
      
   That sounds higher than here.   
      
   > If accurate, looking online it appears the average US price per gallon   
   > of milk is about $3.20 and our $6.60 allowing for the dollar exchange   
   > becomes $4.62 or so, still a lot higher..   
      
   The per gallon price here in my area was less than that, last I checked, so   
   your area is quite a bit higher.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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