Why did Canada switch to metric?

Here's what Canadians thought of switching to metric decades ago as we look back on why it happened in the first place.

00:00 - The big picture
01:04 - Canada's Metric Commission
02:18 - The American factor
03:01 - Conversion confusion
04:11 - A Celsius surprise
06:08 - At the pumps
07:06 - The backlash
09:12 - Metric mishaps
10:51 - Imperial creeps back in

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