you did not ask this question BigPic:
"I dont quite know what to make of the huge move up of the $CANDO ag. the $US approaching .9000 [the bottom was under 76 last December]..."
Unless it was just a rhetorical one pumping for a reply.

The answer is not with the C$ but the us$. It is slowly but surely going down the sewer.
As for the cartel, their pockets are not infinetely deep, they are getting tired in their old age as much as you and me, probably more because thay have severe stress to manage, lol.

Rates from Kitco.com:
Currency Chg%X=1$USD NY Time X=1$USD X$USD=1 Gold Price/oz Gold Chg GoldChg%
US Dollar -- 05/26-15:20 -- -- 952.10 -5.80 updown -0.61%
Australian Dollar +0.47% 05/26-15:10 1.2727 0.7857 1211.74 -13.13 updown -1.07%
Brazilian Real +0.42% 05/26-15:19 2.0150 0.4963 1918.48 -19.83 updown -1.02%
British Pound +0.08% 05/26-15:16 0.6277 1.5932 597.59 -4.12 updown -0.68%
Canadian Dollar +0.51% 05/26-15:19 1.1182 0.8943 1064.64 -11.99 updown -1.11%