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questions on quebec and canada pllz! answer only if you can help.?

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(5 Points) How many parties are currently represented in Canada’s Parliament?

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Why do Canadians refer to their one-dollar coin as the loonie?

There is an image of the waterbird (the loon) minted on the coin.

Canadians do not like how their one-dollar coin looks.

A child gave the coin this nickname several years… Continue reading

6 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 17, 2010 at 5:25 pm

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: Canada, canadians, Dollar Coin, english speakers, french speakers, french word, hand gestures, lacrosse, loon, loonie, national sports, nickname, parliament, soccer, waterbird

Do you even know about Canadian monies?

Here:
the penny has a leaf on it, the nickel has a beaver, the dime has a sailboat, the quarter has a moose. The dollar coin (no bills anymore) has a loon on it (it’s called a loonie) and the coin has a polar bear on it. Now our bills have different colors: bill is blue, is purple, is green, is red, and the 0 is brown.… Continue reading

9 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - April 9, 2010 at 10:05 am

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: beaver, different colors, Dollar Coin, loon, loonie, moose, Nickel, Polar Bear, sailboat

Why is a dollar called a buck?

I know a Canadian Dollar Coin is called a loonie because of the engraving of a loon on it.… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - April 5, 2010 at 8:53 am

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: Canadian Dollar Coin, engraving, loon, loonie

Canadian Currency: Loonies - help!?

Research the production and composition of the loonie. How does the loonie differ from other coins? What is an “aureate” finish? Why was a loon chosen to be the symbol of Canada’s dollar coin?… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 15, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Categories: Economics   Tags: Canada, canadian loonie composition, chemical composition of a loonie, Coins, composition, counterfeit coins loonies, counterfeit loonie, counterfeit loonies, Dollar Coin, loon, loonie, loonie composition, production and composition of the loonie

what currency does Canada use? the loon?

I am planning to visit the place were I was born but never have been to in my adult life , I do howver want to know what you guys use I think its still the canadian dollar but want to make sure this is something i have a wager on , and I think u guys still use the loon or canadian dollar but not sure… Continue reading

9 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 11, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Categories: Economics   Tags: adult life, canadian coins, symbols, children, Canadian Dollar, canadian loon money, loon, loon canadian symbol, loon currency, loon symbolism, symbol of canada loon, symbolism in the loons, symbolism of the loon, symbolism of the loonie, wager, what currency does canada use, what does the canadian dollar coin symbolism, why is the loon a canadian symbol, why is the loon a symbol of canada, why is the loon on our dollar, why is the loon on the dollar coin, why is the loon on the loonie, why the loon is a symbol of canada

Canadian Retirement Fund?

a few years ago I began saving Canadian coins, mostly out of a like for coins and the local practice of tossing them in the trash. I jokingly called it the Canadian Retirement fund, as a joke and purported it to be the easiest way to acquire a retirement based, minimal yes, but it was a joke. Now, however, the exchange rate is near 1 to 1 and this useless… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - December 26, 2009 at 5:53 am

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: Canadian Coins, exchange rate, Foreign Currency, joke, loon, retirement fund, Trash

Is there a canadian coin called a Loonie?

Whats a Loon?…

4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - November 28, 2009 at 5:18 pm

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: loon, why is a dollar called a loonie