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A new report by the Bank of Montreal backs what Canadian retailers have been saying for months: cross-border shopping is costing the Canadian economy and plans to raise the duty-free limits are about to make the issue worse. More   10 Comments 10  

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Five months after bringing his family from Iran to Toronto, electrical engineer Hassan Rasouli fell unconscious after what was supposed to be routine surgery for a benign brain tumor.

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In this 2005 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. (AP / Peter T. Michaelis)

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Misbahuddin Ahmed (right) walks out of the Ottawa Courthouse beside one of his legal counsels (left) on bail in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 (Pawel Dwulit / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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Fred Green, president and CEO of CP Rail, gestures in Calgary, May 12, 2011. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s top brass is meeting with shareholders this week to defend the company's strategy, while the hedge fund aiming to oust the railway's CEO prepares to make its case to Bay Street. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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The Olympic Torch handover is seen in Athens, Greece as the flame begins its journey to England ahead of the London Games.

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Donna Summer performs at the conclusion of the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, Norway Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. (AP / John McConnico)

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer Shawn Gehring speaks with Robert Moulson and Anjal Abad, both from Toronto, at the Peace Bridge border crossing in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP / David Duprey)

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A new report by the Bank of Montreal backs what Canadian retailers have been saying for months: cross-border shopping is costing the Canadian economy and plans to raise the duty-free limits are about to make the issue worse.

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Former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic is seen on the second day of his trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands Thursday May 17, 2012. (ICTY video)

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An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months.

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Donna Summer performs at the conclusion of the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, Norway Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. (AP / John McConnico)

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Personally, I have no particular objections to relocating if there is a job available. My only concern is, "Who's going to cover all the expenses for such a move?" There was a time when the hiring company would cover all or some of costs, but those days are over. So, with all due respect to the Minister of Finance I think it might be good if you were to rethink the idea.

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