Originally posted by c.a.m Nothing but the finest service! A Government of Canada employee books a flight and delivers it personally to your door!
(Seriously, that rate does seem to be a tad on the high side. Sigh.)
Canadian postage *is* very expensive. In towns in the US near the Canadian border, people rent "Canadian Post Office Boxes", which means you can have things delivered to a post office box in the US, with significantly cheaper shipping, and you come across the border and pick it up. Similarly, I have encountered people who have an office just across the border in the US to mail things out to customers in the US.