Canadian money is scheduled to change in late 2011. The country is planning on replacing the cotton-based paper notes with synthetic polymer, which will last two or three times as long as the present bills. The bills will certainly be waterproof. Leaving money in clothing during the wash will no longer pose a problem, not to mention government savings in printing bills with longer durability.

These types of bills have been introduced in Australia and attract fewer germs. The surface makes it difficult for the germs to take a foothold. Remember, many American bills have a trace content of cocaine due to their use by the Drug Lords, whose home is below the U.S. border. Not much in information is presently being released by the Canadian government. Canada will not be the first country with plastic money. It is already in use in Australia.

The flu virus will live a much shorter time on plastic banknotes. Add to this, that liquid spillage and other unwanted items getting on banknotes will make the plastic bill less dirty. It goes to show that financial progress does not have to solely revolve around “monetizing the debt” to bail out Japanese, Arab and Chinese creditors.