I see that now, in 2026, about half a century after Canada officially (but halfheartedly) went metric, the CEOs of big companies are whining about how America is being mean to them, and they now (did I mention that it’s 2026?!) want “free cash from the Canadian government” to do something they were supposed to do half a century ago because their biggest customer is (and was) the troglodytes in the US! If that isn’t a textbook case of corporate welfare, I don’t know what is.
And it’s not just lumber companies; I just had an experience trying to order a piece of glass with measurements in millimetres, and the guy taking my order had to stop me to get out his calculator to convert my millimetres to inches! And he didn’t sound like he was over about 23! (And then they cut the wrong size anyway!)
(If you want to know how serious screwing up a metric/imperial conversion can get, read about the “Gimli Glider“!)
Next time somebody complains about tax rates in Canada, someone should point out to the complainer that they’re high because of corporate welfare cheats.