Here is something really scary, Laz. Your dollar is down about 70% vs the Canadian dollar since 2002. I guess that really is a collapse. And if that depresses you, imagine how you would feel if you were a Canadian manufacturer whose market is in the US. The price for your product has gone up 70% in 9 years and you didn’t get a dime of it. Kind of hard to stay in business.
I was in northern BC on 11 September 2001, and I remember the exchange rate was 0.53/1. I spent the night in a very nice B&B for 32 USD/night.