I'm glad Aaron's comment got removed. It was ignorant and childish.
Thats just the way with being Canadian. There are higher shipping volumes into the us and by that factor alone, our prices would be higher. Look at gas, the discrepancy is insane.
At least there's a smaller margin here, unlike the first.
Just think about the import costs and it makes a lot more sense.
Let's not forget, our money didn't become useless and worthless like canadian money til obama....so...while you're your entire existence into being poor, we're only 3 years....
Alrighty, let's not make this political. This isn't the place for that.
The reasons I mentioned are not the only ones which increase the costs in Canada. LOTS of things do. And if I recall correctly, the financial situation in the US has by no means been stable since... well, since a very long time.
And to make it clear, I am a US citizen who has lived in Canada for the last 14 years. I'm loyal to both places, I still vote in the US and see the pros and cons of both, we simply have to deal with slightly higher prices, but not AS high as they used to be.
Now if we talk about books... That's another story. Yikes...