Pretty much everyone, as well as their Uncle Bob, is expecting the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates by 25 basis points [a quarter of a percentage point] to 3 per cent at tomorrow's announcement.

biggest competitor, Canada, through their government sites, to see what the farmers are getting this year to cut our throats.

Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes.

The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags behind that in the U.S. The big question is whether the Bank of Canada can keep up the pace with the Fed to narrow the rate gap.

Interest rates probably aren't high enough. The Bank of Canada will keep raising until it sees some moderation in the housing market and employment.

We went from being boring little Canada to a sexy country of sin overnight? We are not used to being trendy or hip.