Maybe that's because of le Parti Qu�b�cois back in the 1970s got rid of most English on public signs, etc., and began using the comma for a decimal marker and placing the dollar sign after the amount for money in ads, and so on. Seems like the PQ wanted to associate itself with France and distance itself from all things English--such as the imperial system.
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That frustrates me too. Francophone Canadians are no more
familiar with metric than are anglophone Canadians. Yet,
manufacturers seem to think that because one group speaks
French, they must use the same system as France.
Stephen Gallagher
John
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