Problems with Smart Meters - One Sheet Flyer Available in English and Traditional Chinese from Stopsmartmeters.ca

Flyer is "jam-packed" with up-to-date information about:

• No Accountability. No Transparency. No Public Consultation. No Proof to back up Data. No Opt-out for Citizens. 
• Privacy and Data Security. 
• Financial Concerns. 
• Stop Smart Meter Protest Radiation and Health Concerns. 
• How to Refuse Smart Meters

Flyer is "jam-packed" with up-to-date information about: 

• No Accountability. No Transparency. No Public Consultation. No Proof to back up Data. No Opt-out for Citizens. 

• Privacy and Data Security. 

• Financial Concerns.

• Stop Smart Meter Protest Radiation and Health Concerns. 

• How to Refuse Smart Meters

Strategies to Halt Installation

"We will not force you to have a Smart Meter" say B.C. Hydro Reps.

1) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom guarantees me the right to liberty to make important personal choices.

2) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom guarantees me the right to life, liberty and security.

3) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom guarantees me the right to security from unreasonable search and seizure.

4) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom guarantees me the right to respect for my private life, to non-disclosure of confidential information.

5) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees my right to well-being.

6) The Trespass Act of British Columbia - BC 462.

7) The Human Rights Code protects persons from being harassed or discriminated against, and from retaliation should they complain.

Cette infolettre/brochure a trois volets qui est composee d'une feuille recto verso est concue pour etre imprimee et distribuee.  Elle permettra d'alerter amis et voisins a propos des installations de "Smart Meters" qui sont en cours dans les communautes locales partout en Colombie-Britannique.

Dans une tentative de devancer leur opposition, les installeurs de Corix mandates par BC Hydro travaillent rapidement a installer les compteurs intelligents avant que la majorite d'entre nous ne realisions ce qui se passe.

Et puis, que ce soit la veille de l'installation ou apres le fait, les gens se demandent en panique, "Que pouvons nous faire?"

Peu importe ou nous vivons, que ce soit dans une maison, un appartement, un condominium, une maison en range ou en service d'accueil, IL Y A des choses que nous pouvons faire dans nos voisinages.  Ces choses sont definitivement mieux d'etre faites avant les faits plutot qu'apres, mais meme apres le fait il y a des choses qui peuvent etre faites a plus long terme.

Nous esperons que cette infolettre/brochure pourra servir de tremplin pour passer a l'action.  Elle peut aider a amorcer la conversation et la sensibilisation au sujet des compteurs intelligents sans fil et, repondre a des questions que plusieurs personnes commencent a se poser au sujet de ces appareils at du reseau "intelligent" qui suivra.  Si vous l'utilisez comme outil, il y a une espace pour y ecrire vos coordonnees si vous le voulez. 

Premierement nous devons connaitre les faits et reconnaitre l'interpretation partisane utilisee par BC Hydro pour promouvoir cette technologie dangereuse.  Et puis nous devons parler les uns avec les autres et decider ce que nous pouvons faire, ensemble.

L'union fait la force et, deux tetes valent mieux qu'une...

Les deux documents suivants completent tres bien cette brochure, le "No Trespassing Sign" et le "Non-Cpnsent Letter to Hydro".

Veuillez noter que ces documents ne sont pas encore disponibles en francais, mais qu'ils le seront sous peu.

Chers voisins

"Vous savez probablement que les compteurs intelligents sans fil sont en train d'etre deployes partout en C.-B., mais saviez-vous qu'ils sont la cause d'une preoccupation considerable du public?  Le 30 septembre 2011, l'Union des municipalites de la C.-B. (tous les maires et les conseillers municipaux de la C.-B.) a vote en faveur d'un moratoire complet du deploiement des compteurs intelligents sans fil jusqu'a ce que les questions concernant la sante, la vie privee et  les couts puissent etre analysees et faire l'objet d'un examen public.  Les Liberaux s'en sont moques, et ils ignorent toutes demandes du public d'avoir un choix democratique en la matiere.  Rich Coleman et Christy Clark ont tous les deux declare que: si vous ne voulez pas avoir un compteur sans fil installe sur votre maison, vous devrez soit defrayer les couts pour l'installer ailleurs sur votre propriete, soit vivre hors reseau ou encore quitter la province . . .

The BC Hydro and FortisBC 

'smart' meter programs are 

coming to our communities. 

British Columbians were never 

consulted about this $1 billion 

program, which has a whole 

host of unresolved issues, 

including: 

"Dear Neighbours, 

"You have probably heard that Wireless Smart Meters are being rolled out across B.C., although you may not know this is causing serious public concern. On September 30, 2011, the Union of BC Municipalities, (all the mayors and council members of BC), voted for a complete moratorium on the rollout of wireless smart meters until questions regarding health, privacy and cost could be analysed under public scrutiny. The Liberals said they didn't care, and are ignoring all requests from the people for democratic choice. Rich Coleman and Christy Clark have both stated that if you don't want a wireless meter on your house, you will need to pay to move it elsewhere on your property, go "off grid," or leave the province . . . "

This tri-fold newsletter/brochure, one sheet back to back, is designed to print out and distribute.  It will alert friends and neighbours to the "Smart Meter" installations that are taking place in local communities throughout BC. 

In an attempt to outpace opposition, Hydro's Corix installers are working rapidly to install Smart Meters before the majority of us know what is happening. 

Then, either on the brink of installation, or after the fact, people are asking in a panic, "What can we do?" 

Regardless of whether or not we live in houses, apartments, condominiums, town homes or care facilities, there ARE things we can do, in our neighbourhoods.  Definitely, they are better done before the fact than after, but even after the fact there are things that can be done in the longer term.

Hopefully, this newsletter brochure can be a springboard to action.  It can help initiate conversation and awareness on the subject of wireless Smart Meters and answer questions that many people are beginning to have about these devices and the "Smart" grid that will follow.  If you use it as a tool, there is a space for you to write your contact information if you wish.  

First we have to learn the facts and recognize the spin that BC Hydro is using to promote this unsafe technology. Then we need to talk to each other and decide what we can do, together.

Many hands make light work, and two heads are better than one . . .

Best distributed with the No Trespassing Sign and printed, hands-on copy of Non-Consent Letter to Hydro.

FACTS about Smart Meters:
mandated to be installed on your home without your consent.    

What Every Citizen has the Right to Know . . .

    Human Health and the Environment
    Privacy and Security
    Safety
    Conservation Benefits
    Public Input and Customer Choice
    Health Effects

    People Speaking Up: Scientists, advocacy groups, public health officials, environmentalists, physicians' groups and individual doctors are calling for an immediate moratorium on installation of wireless SmartMeters.  Some utilities have begun to reinstall analog meters and to offer customers the choice to opt out of the SmartMeter program.

• 1. What are the official warnings? 
  
• 2. What are other countries doing? 
  
• 3. What does a Precautionary Approach look like? 
  
• 4. Is Wi-Fi safer than cell phone use? 
  
• 5. Wi-Fi has been around for a few years - why haven't we seen a problem? 
  
• 6. What do insurance companies say? 
  
• 7. Should there be an Informed Consent procedure? 
  
• 8. Do we need Wi-Fi to prepare children for the 21st century? 
  
• 9. What can we do?

"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man has not more than four years to live; no more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more humanity!" credited to Albert Einstein

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