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In the spirit of rapprochement with Europe and reorientation away from the United States, it's time to complete the Metrication process in Canada that was stopped prematurely by the Mulroney government.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You are welcome!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And what did Mulroney stop in the metrification of Canada?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, he was late enough the effect has been limited. We still use pounds and feet for measuring people, mostly, and fahrenheit for cooking, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

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