text: As the owner of a small manufacturing company, that sends a few million dollars a year in exports to the US, having the dollar above 75 cents is better, particularly as raw materials are all priced in US dollars these days. Parts and equipment too.
  
  A dollar that is too low hinders manufacturing - unless of course you are a primary manufacturer working with crude resources. This is the kind of Canada that produced our failing branch plant economy, and does little to increase long term growth, stability and the social and financial security we need to develop and sustain an educated middle class.
  
  Personally, I hope that they allow the dollar to rise, and I genuinely believe that we will benefit as a country. Whether Canadians are confident enough to believe in themselves and go for it, is another question entirely.