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Art_from_Ark

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39. A lot of that has to do with falling resource prices

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #23)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 05:22 PM

Mar 2015

The same thing has happened with the Canadian dollar as well.

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Ah...That makes sense. Thanks. BlueJazz Mar 2015 #40

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