| 词条 | Metric Commission |
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The Metric Commission ({{lang-fr|Commission du système métrique}}), formally the Preparatory Commission for the Conversion to the Metric System, was a Canadian government agency established by the federal government in 1971 to facilitate Canada's conversion to the Metric system from the imperial system of weights and measures and to educate the public on the Metric system. The Commission was formed following the release of "The White Paper on Metric Conversion", a January 1971 federal government document which noted most nations had adopted the metric system and anticipated that the United States would do likewise.[1] The commission's logo was designed by Gottschalk+Ash Toronto, designed by Stuart Ash,[2] and licensed for use on any metric products (such as rulers). It is based on the logo of the 1967 Canadian Centennial by the same firm.[3] A number of Progressive Conservative Members of Parliament had been vocal in their opposition to the metric system during the previous Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau. Dennis Braithwaite of the Toronto Star was a prominent media critic of metrification.[4] The agency was abolished on March 31, 1985[5] early in the mandate of a new Progressive Conservative government that came to office in the 1984 federal election. This followed the abolition of the United States Metric Board by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. The Metric Commission was replaced by a small metric office within Industry Canada. By October of that same year, the metric office became the Measurement Information Division of Industry Canada, and staff numbers were significantly decreased. In April 1988, the Measurement Information Division was shut down. The Metric Commission Order remains in force under the Industry Canada Act and reports to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.[6] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-1572-10612/science_technology/metric_system/clip1 | accessdate=2007-11-11 | date=4 February 1970 | title=The metric housewife | publisher=CBC Radio | work=Matinee }} {{authority control}}2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.designculture.it/interview/stuart-ash.html |title=Stuart Ash |last=Munari |first=Nicola-Matteo |date=19 June 2016 |website=Designculture |access-date=7 August 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Looking Forward: Looking Back |url=http://entro.com/posts/canada-centennial/ |website=Entro Communications |accessdate=7 August 2018 |date=29 June 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-1572-10615/science_technology/metric_system/clip1 | accessdate=2007-11-11 | date=27 September 1977 | title=The great Canadian metric debate | publisher=CBC Television | work=90 Minutes Live }} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/201/301/tbs-sct/tb_manual-ef/Pubs_pol/hrpubs/PopAffRep/Sect7_e.html | accessdate=2007-11-11 | date=2 February 2006 | title=Population Affiliation Report: Metric Commission | publisher=Canada Public Service Agency | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181826/http://www.psagency-agencefp.gc.ca/pas-srp/remarks-observations_e.asp?id=34275 | archivedate=6 July 2011 | df= }} 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Legislative Services Branch |first1=Justice Canada |title=Metric Commission Order (C.R.C., c. 972) |url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._972/ |website=Justice Laws |accessdate=7 August 2018 |language=en |date=1971}} 6 : Former Canadian federal departments and agencies|Metrication in Canada|Government agencies established in 1971|1985 disestablishments in Canada|1971 establishments in Canada|Government agencies disestablished in 1985 |
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