[metalman]

should have used the term "relative", US to Canada shipping has incresed in cost by 4X in the last 5 years, for smaller orders. Intra Canadian shipping has kept pace, still not cheap ,like what we see south of the border for lower 48 shipping,but much more attractive now. Also what was reliable 3 day shipping from the US, is now 7 days+, @ 4X price. Last bits of hyway from Ontario, east to Nova Scotia are bieng twinned, with development happening in the most (historicaly) unlikely of places, as in there are quite litteraly, citys popping up in what is endless scrub spruce forest. So this is creating a natural east/west shipping corridor and market inside Canada, with economys of scale.