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2012
Moratorium/Opt-Out Requests from Municipal Councils re Smart Meters in B.C.
Response to B.C. Public Health Act: Bill 23-2008 section 83 (1)
Smart
Meter Moratorium Motion and / or Opt Out Tally List
Current Tally: 45
Congratulations and welcome, Squamish #44 and Vernon #45
Vernon Star Article
Vernon Council's Letter to Charles Reid
For links to help organize
your own delegation request for a moratorium in your community, begin here.
A growing number of responsive and proactive B.C. Municipal and City Councils are passing motions for moratoriums on mandatory installation of B.C. Hydro's wireless "Smart" Meters as follows:
"According to Bill 23-2008 of the British Columbia Public Health Act, section 83
(1) a municipality must take action when it learns of something that could be harmful to its residents. It must notify the Minister of Health or take immediate action. At its June 27 Council meeting, the City of Colwood, B.C. passed a motion to write to the Minister of Health and, due to the potential for wireless smart meters to cause harm or to compromise security, request a moratorium on mandatory installations of wireless meters. The Council also requested that concerned residents be offered safer alternatives at no cost to them.
B.C. Councils who have considered
the above request, and voted in favour of it:
- Alert Bay
- Burnaby
- Central Saanich
- Colwood
- Chawathil
- Central Kootenay Regional District (RDCK / Nelson /Fortis BC)
- District of Highlands
- Duncan
- Enderby
- Gold River
- Hagwilget Village First Nation
- Invermere
- Islands Trust (Bowen Island)
- Ladysmith
- Lake Country / Winfield
- Lake Cowichan
- Langley Township
- Maple Ridge (Moratorium declined, Opt Out Request Submitted)
- Metchosin
- Nanaimo
- New Denver
- North Cowichan
- North Saanich
- North Vancouver City
- Oliver
- Parksville
- Powell River
- Qualicum Beach
- Regional District of Nanaimo
- Richmond
- Saanich District
- Salmon Arm (opt out with possibility of moratorium.)
- Sechelt
- Sicamous
- Silverton
- Sooke
- Squamish
- Sunshine Coast Regional District
- Surrey
- Tofino
- Ucluelet
- Vancouver
- Vernon
- Victoria
- White Rock
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