To the educators of Saskatchewan, I recently read of plans for Saskatchewan to restore the teaching of the use of measurement units other than SI (modernized metric system) units. I am not Canadian, but I am a North American, and one who wishes to express his opposition to such a proposal. The International System of Units is the measurement system of the world. We in North America, especially the people of my country, the United States, have long delayed our full use of this global measurement language due to what I perceive to be a combination of xenophobia, sloth, parsimony, and ignorance. These old defects in our national characters must now be corrected. I applaud Canada's official adoption of SI, and hope very much that "The True North, Strong and Free" will be a good example for the United States to follow when it begins its inevitable conversion to metric in the next decade. But this progress will be harmed if the proposed backsliding in your province is allowed. We North Americans have to take our metre stick and draw a line in the snow against the return of the arachaic and anti-economic measurement units of our past, and I hope that Saskatchewan educators will not fail to support the exclusive use of SI as we enter the new century. Sincerely, -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "No one from the Audubon Society has yet documented the finding of a modified barium swallow." --Byrd Ona Wyng, Forensic Ornithologist "Free Billy Rubin!" ---Medical Technologists' protest cry