The shine is about the come off the Canadian dollar. TD Bank says in a new forecast the loonie, which has been hovering around parity with the United States, could hit as low as 90 cents US by the end of the year and early 2014.
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I suppose the subtext of your question is why did the Allies land in Normandy and not on any other beach in France? Why did the Allies not land in Pas-de-Calais the narrowest part of the English Channel near the Straits of Dover instead of picking the broadest part of the Channel (see map)? The same question crossed the German minds whose job it was to defend the beaches. Deception and counter-deception.