Let's All Head Off to Maine

With a strong Canadian dollar, the old New Brunswick tradition of cross-border shopping is being rekindled, after almost a decade-long slumber.

The new $400 personal exemption on duties certainly helps make a weekend trip very attractive - not to mention a pretty good summer concert series at L.L. Bean.

But NBers now have a new reason to reward Maine business with their consumer spending. In the face of an increasingly out-of-touch President, Maine's two Republican Senators have now begun to openly side with Democrats on the question of ending the Iraq War.

Good neighbours, indeed.