The US of A is still secretly on the gold standard but it's not telling anyone that it is because it's a secret. That way when the The Great World Economic Collapse comes we're assured that we'll have all the gold and as you know, Those That Have The Gold Make The Rules (that's the Golden Rule). Only we won't be able to because Canada will have all the gold.

Oh, Canada! How could you do this? After all the stuff I'd done for you, after all the Labatt's and Moosehead I've drunk, after all the Yukon Jack that's been poured down my throat, after all the BC salmon I've eaten and bail I jumped in Halifax and Montreal and Ottawa and Vancouver and Prince Rupert and Whitehorse and Sainte Jovite and Carcross and St. Jean Port Jolie and Beaver Falls, how could you?!