I received this message from the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce.
It demonstrates how little attention is given to the metric conversion issue in Canada
that such a brief and ill prepared response is given; Quebec is the largest province
by area, and Ontario is the largest province by industry and population. Note also the
misspelling of "Fahrenheit".
On that last note: Joe, have you heard any reference to �F temperatures on Ontario
radio stations since I believe Ms. Winslow/ Mr. Smith-Windsor was referring to this
province rather than its French neighbour.
greg
Saskatchewan is ahead of many provinces in this regard including our biggest province
which still gives measures for temperature on its radio in farenheit degrees.
Concerning the lumber industry, 80% of our exports in lumber are to the U.S. so
moving to metric drivers is dependant upon the U.S. adoption rate.
Kent Smith-Windsor
Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce
345 3rd Avenue South
Saskatoon, SK. S7K 1M6
Phone 664-0704 Fax 244-8366
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80% of our exports in lumber are to the U.S. so moving to metric drivers is
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kent Smith-Windsor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Saskatoon and District Chamber of
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