[USMA 59] Re: U.S. Metric Act Drove Canada to Metric, if Not U.S.

I was living in Canada at the time, and served as an alternate on the construction sector committee. I do remember rumours about Marchand wanting to stop Canada's conversion in its tracks. But Trudeau stood firm - he had a vision for Canada (a Canada that was not another USA), and metric

[USMA 60] Re: U.S. Metric Act Drove Canada to Metric, if Not U.S.

You probably mean ‘sell things outside of canada as well as other parts of the world’ On 31 Dec 2015, at 19:55, wrote: > I was living in Canada at the time, and served as an alternate on the > construction sector committee. I do remember

[USMA 58] U.S. Is 100% Metric in Puerto Rico and Guam

When we talk about the U.S. not being metric (which is really not true, as you know, either legally or practically), we forget that these two U.S. Territories are fully metric. Just more ammunition for our side.

[USMA 57] U.S. Metric Act Drove Canada to Metric, if Not U.S.

I had never heard this story of how close Canada came to dumping metric. Thank goodness Prime Minister Trudeau stood firm in 1976. Even Jimmy Carter, unbeknownst to him, saved metric in Canada if not in the U.S. Would that we had had a President as foresightful and courageous as Trudeau!