I can't comment on the collections issue, but as for this aspect of your post:
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Originally Posted by 49Kat
Given the currency exchange rate, and the fact that I am with increasing frequency seeing eBooks prices with the same NUMBERS in both currencies, it is looking like it makes more sense economically to migrate to Amazon.ca.
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As far as numbers go, when your .com address is set to Canada, you'll see (and get charged) the Canadian prices in US dollar equivalent. E.g. a $0.99 CAD cent book in the .ca store is $0.72 USD for me right now at .com. And there are certain advantages to keeping one's account at .com, like being able to purchase giftable copies of eBooks (useful as a save-for-later in cases where not sure if want, since the redeemer can opt to exchange the gift code for the same amount of store credit as originally paid) and pay with USD gift card certificates which are reasonably readily obtainable via promotions and those fill-out-a-survey sites (pretty much how I buy all my relatively few paid Kindle books, from cashing in my Swagbucks). So it may work out better to stay with .com, but just keep your address set to Canada.
OTOH, if you're paying directly by credit card or the like and get hit by foreign currency exchange rate fees or whatever, or want to buy French-language books (most of the Francophone publishers are available via .ca, but not .com, for some weird reason), then an actual move to .ca is probably better. (You probably already know this, but apparently there's no way to move back.)