There has been a prolonged discussion of the pros and cons of compulsion in the conversion of a country to the metric system. Two non-compulsive measures would go a long way to achieving conversion.
In Australia government policy was to "progressively withdraw the legality of non-metric units used in contractual arrangements". In Canada after about 1975 all formal education was converted to metric units only. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
