Re: Horsepower (was Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 1

Kevyn Loren Winkless (umwinkl0@cc.umanitoba.ca)
18 Oct 95 05:08:30 GMT

In <951016180122.4F0510@news.nbnet.nb.ca> tsimms@nbnet.nb.ca (Thomas M. Simms) writes:

> Which reminds me. The US is officially metric but Canada, though it
> uses metric, still is officially Imperial.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

We are???! Then why do we have all those laws requiring metric
labelling? And if the US is officially metric, why is everything down
there labelled in imperial - and why is everything imported from there
relabelled in metric, for that matter?

I think you may be mistaken - I think I remember watching the news the
day the official announcement was made that Canada became metric, and I
can't imagine why they would have suddenly started cramming metric down
our throats if it were otherwise.