Gregory Peterson wrote in USMA 11130:
>The hectare is used regularly in Canada to express the area of forested
>land (used by paper and lumber companies, forest fire sizes, etc.),
>whereas the acre is still exclusively used to express the area of farm
>land, commercial property, and residential property. (aside: What is it
>about small and medium sized businesses that make them so opposed to
>metric??)
I suggest that it is because most farmers, real estate agents, and the
average citizen do not have the benefit of a university education in
engineering or science.
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
