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A THE HERALD Much 1K1 I Measure Canadian seeks freedom to weigh choices To the editor of The As chairman of Canadian a group founded in Eastern Ontario three weeks ago to fighl forced use of metric In Canada I would appreciate the opportunity of apprising your readers of Measure Canadians goals and wayi which they as individual Canadians can help us in this fight Measure Canadian a mate goal to achieve free dom of choice for all Cans In the use of measure ment systems To achieve this goal we have developed a nine point program that includes such things as trallng our lobbying efforts at the provincial government level lobbying media and advertiser to use Canadian measurements and initiating legal challenges to the metric To assist us In our efforts we would urge concerned to contact their provincial him stand on forced use of metric ana what if anything he is prepared to do about it Measure Canadian believes that our best chance over the Short term of Conversion annoys public Moil Canadian shoppers oppose the conversion of foodttora and prices to metric according to confidential government Conservative MP BUI of Peterborough released results of the Metric Commission poll Friday Indicating that per cent of shoppers across Canada oppose the governments conversion program compared to 34 per cent who support it and per cent who remain neutral Disapproval is strongest In the Atlantic provinces where SO per cent oppose It and per cent support It In Ontario the poll says per cent oppose conversion and S3 per cent agree with it wouldnt be in this present govemmentt still have the situation If provincial govern power to effectively neutral- menls gone along with lie forced metric laws within their Individual province Some of the thing provin cial governments could do are as follow Issue a public state ment calling on the federal government to make the program voluntary pass leg station to make it illegal to advertise or post metric measurement without their Canadian Imperial ems remove metric from all provincial statutes thereby doing such things as reverting Bit speed limit to If possible opt out of metric under the opting out provisions of the new Constitution Provincial politicians have tried to slough off metric as a federal matter but as you can see thats jusl another convenient dodge Get after your and make him stand up and be counted Measure Canadian was founded by a group of small businessmen a retired news paper editor on MPP and a number of municipal politic All of these people are respected members of their but above all they are Canadians who love Ihio country and are deeply concerned our gradual loss of freedoms so vividly by forced use of If you too care and would like to get involved with our or receive addi tlonal Information please write or call Measure Cana dian national headquarters office at John St Brock vitle Ontario or phone All Your truly Steve Chairman Measure Canadian Mackenzies size up metric Two Canadians who nave no qualms about metrication are Bob and Doug Mackon Me beer addled residents of Second City Television Great While North and IhnrOts lo some canny show business footwork by their real life counterparts net ore Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas two of Canada top recording artists lowing is an excerpt from Bob and Dougs hit album on Anthem Records and Tapes BOB Okay have topic jo like a lot of people en A It a the last major step In metric conversion directly affecting consumer after of centimetres an metres ml and kilometres km for length litres U for volume and degree Celsius for temperatures How familiar ere with the new unit Hero a fun to help you test La out for questions Answers are si the end of the Conversion of retail food toro scales from pounds end ounces to grams kilograms g and kg is underway and storea everywhere In Canada will be weighing food exclusively In metric by the end of 1 Litre are to gallons Is Inches are to degree Celsius Kilometres ere to mile Ounces ere to centimetres Genie favorite plant was foot tall last month Now If al It a witting needs un der loving care lb Its grown about BO per cent Oufdtl Its going through the ceiling 3 How many stores ac ross Canada ere effected by the change to metric see- c50000 In order to meet our reedy sole In metric units What proportion a S per cent 7 per cent About half How much ground men provides per tiara for a family of five Turkey con a dollar a pound at Christmas Now its Ha the price a Gone up Gone down Just about changed Mil Is he A Jockey lb A basketball star Average height In the NHL ia GEORGETOWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL INTERIM REPORTS This is to Inform parents that the interim reports or the first semester will be handed to the students on Wednesday April 7th The report is intended to provide the student and parents with a fair indication of achievement attendance and effort which has been observed during the first part of the semester The report should provide a basis for useful discussion bet ween parents and teachers To this end a Parents Night has been scheduled for Monday April 10th 1982 from 9 ALL COATS April 1 1 982 1DAY ONLY BARRAGERS CLEANERS 30 OFF 160 street Georgetown 8772279 SAVE A FISTFUL AT OUR First dalallaatthaalora a Heres an example of the many specials we have MINOLTA bo mm 300 NIKOMATEL 425 30 OFF AH MAMIYA645 Compute nhlonm 900 AlBC PI dozont tor tho bongo minded ncrmno ptiottjnplier San HALTON CAMERA EXCHANGE 7 JAMES ST 8774433 3 DAYS ONLY Monday Tuesday Wednesday APRIL 5 6 7 WERE TURNING BACK THE CALENDAR This Is It Backed by popular demand Delrex Restaurant is again turning back the clock and our prices to the 1 Were going back to when bits bought you coffee and a and a clubhouse sandwich was only 135 Come in and enjoy the fun AND THE SAVINGS DELREX RESTAURANT AND TAVERN Georgetown Market Place 87791 94