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 ...