[Dx-qsl] CANADA

[Robert G. Schaffrath]

It is very close to $1.  The actual postage to the United States is 
CDN$0.93.  Then you have 6% GST that brings it up to CDN$0.99.  Today 
the exchange rate is US$1.00 = CDN$1.0703.  Figure you will get maybe 
CDN$1.04 at a bank in exchange and you wind up with a difference of 
CDN$0.05.

Everytime I visit my sister and her family in Mississauga, I stop by the 
local CanadaPost to make sure I have a few stamps on hand in case I need 
to send an SASE to Canada.  It is quite disturbing to have seen the cost 
of postage to the United States go from CDN$0.52 in the late 1990's to 
what it is now.  In contrast, we have gone from US$0.46 to US$0.69 in 
the same period AND the weight allowance went from 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce.

73,
Robert, N2JTX

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