Hahaha XD "teen-gangsta" heheee ....Ach don't mind pichlo...he's just ribbin ya...with his "Durn'-Blasted Youngin's ...Get-Off My Lawn!" senior humour...You aren't on Ensure are you pichlo? hehe ....OH lilo.... oh pichlo! you Are actually funny! "Hope he didn't mean Canadian Dollars!" hehe...Actually I did! XD ......But hey now....We've been on par with the States - or + 5 or 10 cents for the last decade almost now...unfortunately we aren't as overinflated an economy as the E.U but things change eh?....THE WHOLE WORLD'LL BE LAFFIN OUT THE OTHER SET O' CHEEKS when the poo-storm hits the fan. Long-range forecast thinktank that gauges in hundreds of yrs. came out with the study that the top powers on the planet for the future will be...from least to greatest projected for the next 150 yrs.
1- the States will still be a power but diminished (diminishing)
2-India (Of Course) - telecom/electronics and manufacturing
3-Russian Federation (Of Course) - Natural Resource powerhouse for Europe
4-China (Of Course) For the obvious economic powerhouse of the planet she is
5- BUT Lastly.....and most importantly...FOR THE NEXT 500 yrs....CANADA will be the ascending star ...we got it all people...the agricultural land (plus pristine untouched permafrost now melting thanks to global warming) the lumber, oil, nuclear power, hydroelectric plants galore, in the 50 and 60's we laid millions of miles of fibre optic across the country knowing we'd put it to good use....more comm satelites than you can shake a stick at...metals, minerals, more fresh water than anywhere...list goes on.
And for those who think the States may try to annex us...never happen....the rest of the world wants their chunk too..
Sooooo joke now...Soooon....soooon it shall be "ALL HAIL THE GREAT AND MIGHTY CANUCK EMPIRE!!!" XD

Spreading the message of good beer....maple syrup..tim horton's coffee....hockey....not to mention lacrosse ...or basketball (Canadian invention amongst other great things) ...and home reno shows.....spreading the message that multiculturalism and tolerance for one another really does work...that terrorism and violence in the streets doesn't....generally we like to get along with everybody
Don't worry as the future master-superpower ....the planet will be in the best hands ...with everybody singing the Bob and Doug anthem.....kooo-roookookookoo-koo-koo-koo!

Ach! It won't be so bad! We aren't swaggerers or like to lord it over anyone....in fact.... It'll be fun ..people!

Could do (and frankly have done over the centuries) alot worse than having us Canadians running the show.