Low Loonie Means P.E.I. Seafood Fetches Premium Prices In Toronto

If you're selling Maritime seafood these days, the low Canadian loonie is good news.

But if you're one of John Bil's customers at Honest Weight Fish Shop and Lunch Counter on Toronto's trendy Dundas West, you might be grumbling about escalating prices for your lobster and Malpeque oysters.

"We are paying a premium — last year it was 87 cents per oyster, now it's $1.10 to $1.15  depending on grade," he said.

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