Canada got rid of the penny 5 years ago and the paper $1 in the 80s. We also switched to metric in the 70s.
We’re not that dissimilar from the US but they seem to have an inability to make these kinds of systemic changes.
We’re not that dissimilar from the US but they seem to have an inability to make these kinds of systemic changes.
That said, I probably use cash a handful of times each year.
Getting rid of the penny was smart though.
The 1 and 2 dollar coins are larger and are made of different materials so it's not hard to pick them out of the jar if I want to use to pay for coffee or something.
There is also a US $1 coin. They were widely used in Equador when I visited in 2005, because their currency was pegged to the US dollar. I spent a day in Miami on my way back home and I left a few as tips. People were very confused by them. It seemed kind of funny to me that a US coin was more commonly used outside the US than inside.
[1] See CPGrey's "Death to Pennies". https://youtu.be/y5UT04p5f7U
We Americans are so stupid.
Canadians can be almost as blind, the recent battle to legalize marijuana was a good example, I can’t count the number of times I said “that’s not what happened in the US”
Health care is particularly bizarre. I’ve had Americans tell me about Canadians dying in droves in Emergency Rooms while standing on the shore of the St. Lawrence. I felt like screaming “Canada is right there, you can see the flags!” How could they know so little about us when they shop and go to the theatre in Montreal?
Zimbabwe could have invented the metric system, but they still have billion zimbabuwe dollar notes. One thing has no relation to the other.
The argument is not about comparing dollars to meters.