Smart Meter Moratorium Motion and/or OPT Out Tally List is 50.

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Moratorium/Opt-Out Request Tally of 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: 50

Congratulations and welcome, Quatsino First Nation #50!


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
Duncan
Enderby
Gold River
Hagwilget Village First Nation
Highlands District
Hornby Island (appeal to designate as a "smart meter free zone")
Invermere
Islands Trust (Bowen Island)
Kootenay Boundary (RDKB)
Kootenay Central Regional District (RDCK / Nelson /Fortis BC)
Ladysmith
Lake Country / Winfield
Lake Cowichan
Langley Township
Maple Ridge (Moratorium declined, Opt Out Request Submitted)
Metchosin
Montrose
Nanaimo
Nanaimo Regional District
New Denver
North Cowichan
North Saanich
North Vancouver City
Oliver
Parksville
Penticton
Powell River
Qualicum Beach
Quatsino First Nation
Richmond
Saanich District
Salmon Arm (Opt out with possibility of moratorium request)
Sechelt
Sicamous
Silverton
Sooke
Squamish
Sunshine Coast Regional District
Surrey
Tofino
Ucluelet
Vancouver
Vernon
Victoria
White Rock
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