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Victoria man pushes for Canada to go fully metric (cheknews.ca)
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[–] 1 point 16 hours ago (12 children)

Who is still using the imperial system in Canada?

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

    Trades, architecture, engineers, railways, weights and measures people from industry Canada, aviation, roadwork, steelmills, steelworkers, coffeeshops, farmers, clothing, textiles, restaurants, recipes, and many more!

    I suppose you don't live in Canada? Imperial is everywhere.

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  • [–] 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

    Trades - except electricians apparently

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    Try to buy wire in mm2 and watch the guy at the electrical supply counter look at you like you have 3 heads.

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