The international standard for measurement was introduced in Canada in the 1970s…and by the 80s had divided a nation. In today’s episode we explore the Canadian conversion from imperial to metric and the partisan fighting it caused. We are talking the 'Freedom to Measure Movement’.
Sources used in today’s episode:
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1982-canadians-rebel-against-metric-system
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metric-conversion#:~:text=feet%20and%20inches).-,Background,pounds%2C%20gallons%2C%20etc.)&text=Beginning%20with%20a%20White%20Paper,a%20metric%20system%20of%20measurements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/30/us/jet-s-fuel-ran-out-after-metric-conversion-errors.html
https://www.zmescience.com/other/map-of-countries-officially-not-using-the-metric-system/
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Canada-switch-to-the-metric-system