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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 8:21 pm
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B1
 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 3,665
Don't raise the bridge, lower the river

I like the way the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission solved it for us. The toll used to be $2.50 US, $3.50 CDN. Based on the rise in the C$ in the spring, the commission raised the US charge to $3.00, attributing it to the decline of the US$. So when they reach par, the NFBC will reward us by raising the US$ toll to $3.50 instead of decreasing the C$ rate. Then when the C$ goes down, they will raise the C$ toll to compensate for the decline. An endless source of inflation for those who have a monopoly.
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