Carl Sorenson wrote: "I can't wait to see some metric-only labels at the grocery store!"
I was in Vancouver from late Saturday to early Tuesday. In at least one store (a huge delicatessen on Burrard Street, near Robson Street [the toniest part of town]), I noted that all produce was marked in price per pound, with the SI equivalent in smaller characters. Even more disappointing than the last time I was there (last July). The idiocy of Brian Mulroney (former, very-short-term, Canadian Prime Minister) in rolling back the regulations, combined with US influence, has not helped Canada's metric health. At least metric distances survived (how else could it be, with the traffic signs and all vehicles already converted?), along with Celsius temperatures. However, supermarket labeling is vastly inferior to that in Britain, even though Britain's conversion started much later. I was also in Shoppers' Drug Mart. I bought some Head and Shoulders shampoo. It's labeled "400 mL (13.5 FL OZ LIQ.)." That was a disappointment, as it's made by Procter and Gamble, one of the more progressive companies with respect to metrication. (The label also says "Imported for/Import� pour Procter & Gamble, Inc., Toronto.") All the other shampoos I saw (and I didn't look at them all), including L'Or�al, were marked in SI only. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
