Free trade agreement, we're getting screwed!!!!

This weekend, I decided to go visit my buddies Americans for a bit of gambling and shopping. I couldn't help but to compare a tiny bit. Example: You go to Montreal Casino compare to Akwesasne Mohawk Casino. The beer is 5$ in Mtl when in Akw it's 2$. If you eat in Mtl, you might get away with a 80$ bill for 2 people. Akw, 16$/pers for buffet and it's delicious. Guess where I've been going for the last 2 years... I am not a big gambler and I like to play for the pleasure of playing. For me the casino is pure entertainment, which is why I don't like to spend more money than I have to. Of course, if you go south of the border, a bit of shopping is also convenient. Example: 5l of Mobil1 5w40 oil sales for 45$ in Qc. In NYS a gallon (3.78l) of the same oil is being sold 26$. Let's convert that to a change rate of 85cents for Can $ and you get your oil at 10.60 usd/liter in Mtl when the same oil is 6.88 usd/liter in NYS. Kind of make you wonder where all that money goes. About 4$ a liter more. Another good example is camping goods. A coleman lantern (model Northstar with the carrying case) is beeing sold 55. 99$ in NYS (see coleman.com). The same lantern package is listed on coleman.canada.ca at 99.99$ can. At Canadian Tire, this lamp is beeing sold for 89.99$. Don't forget that you have to had up 15% tax over that price (7% gst and 8% qst) for a total of 103.99$ Let transfer that in USD at the same rate cited above and the cost of the same lantern is 88.39USD which is just 32$ more expensive. I can understand that the retailers have to take a cut but I guess that walmart USA and walmart Canada take about the same cut. Where does the rest of this money goes? I buy stuff off the US all the time and import fees are not that expensive. I can understand maybe 20% more expensive but not 60% more expensive. It gets ridiculous. Of course Canadian people like to go shopping in the USA. We save money. If people wouldn't try to strangle their fellow Canadians, maybe we would be more willing to stay at home and spend more at home but where I come from, I go where my money is going the furthest. I can also understand that Quebec is a bit the mecca of the socialist provinces and I am willingly paying taxes directly off my salary and every time I buy any goods but I don't think that over-inflating the price of goods is necessary to feed the social programs of this province.