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It's practically collusion
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Absolutely. You see the wonkiest excuses from the car company execs when they are asked about this pricing differential - typically something about how ongoing rate fluctuations mean they can't take the risk of exchange rates dropping during the model year after prices have been set and undercutting their margins. This hokum might have merit if the dollar had just shot up in the last few months but it's been up for years, and the carcos are getting margins appropriate to where the dollar was 5+ years ago now.
If BMW follows past practices for Canadian pricing I am going to carefully research the warranty and 4 year free maintenance carryover questions for US bought vehicles before handing BMW an extra 5-7K for a 1 series.