> What Ezra is probably worried about is the past > record of the Conservatives > in Canada. I believe that they did attempt once or > twice to reverse the > progress of metric in that country. I share some > concerns as to that as > well, though my casual conversations with Canadians > indicate that they are > actually quite happy with metric, so I don't see > attempts at reversal on the > grassroots level.
Agreed. The Conservatives will have to stay pretty middle of the road and not do anything too controversial since they're a minority government (ie. they're the party with the largest number of seats, but they're still outnumbered by all the members from the other parties). They'll need cooperation from the other parties to pass any legislation, and they have no natural allies in Parliament. > On the other hand, over the past 13 years they were > in power, Liberals > didn't do much for metrication. True. It was very status quo and I wouldn't forsee any significant change.
