This is what happened in the 1980s and 1990s, first with the original FTA,
then NAFTA. As part of the bargaining process, Canada was forced to roll
back many of its metric-only provisions, with Brian Mulroney, Canada's PM at
the time, proudly announcing, "Canada is open for business!" - a mantra
which later became a euphemism for selling everything off to the Americans.
As a Canadian (as well as a Brit), I weep for Canada as I see, each year I
visit, ever more Americanisation of Canadian life.
John F-L
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Payne
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 1:20 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:54674] Troubling agreement
I just happened to be listening to the CBC news early this morning was half
asleep but paid more attention when I realized they were discussing an
apparent agreement for Canada to drop some of it’s metric requirements for
trade with the USA (NAFTA?), they talked about pasteurization temperatures
as an example, from the sound of the conversation this was being pushed on
Canada by the Washington based trade negotiator, the presenter seemed a
little aghast that this could happen,
I’ve not had time to google this apart from a cursory “Canada to drop metric
system nafta” query which didn’t seem to bring up anything. Later on I’ll be
able to spend a bit more time researching this, but I’m really amazed that
this is being stuffed down the throats of the Canadians.
Mike Payne
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