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2012
BC Human Rights Tribunal approves smart meter class action
CSTs class action against BC Hydro
"The Tribunal found that the complaint brought by the Citizens for Safe Technology Society properly alleges a breach of the Human Rights Code in that it alleges a disability, adverse treatment in respect of a service customarily available to the public, and a nexus or connection between the disability and the adverse treatment . . ."
(B.C. Human Rights Tribunal Application Procedure)
BC
Human Rights Tribunal approves smart meter class action
On
August 28, 2012, the BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) issued a decision
approving a representative complaint (akin to a class action) against BC Hydro
on behalf of "those persons allegedly diagnosed with electromagnetic
hypersensitivity and who have been advised to avoid exposure to wireless
technology."
A copy of the Tribunal's decision is available at:
http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/decisions/2012/August.htm
A copy of the Tribunal's decision is available at: The Tribunal approved the representation of that class by the Citizens for Safe Technology Society, which it found to have authority to bring the representative complaint. The Society may be contacted using this link, by any person wishing to join the complaint.
The Tribunal found that the complaint brought by the Citizens for Safe Technology Society properly alleges a breach of the Human Rights Code in that it alleges a disability, adverse treatment in respect of a service customarily available to the public, and a nexus or connection between the disability and the adverse treatment.
By way of the Complaint, the Citizens for Safe Technology seeks:
- A declaration that BC Hydro has discriminated against each person in the Class by failing to provide each person in the Class with an unconditional written commitment that BC Hydro will refrain from installing and/or operating a wireless smart meter at the individual's place of residence and/or residential complex.
- An order that BC Hydro cease and desist forthwith from the said discrimination by offering to refrain from installing and/or operating a wireless smart meter at the individual's place of residence and/or residential complex.
On May 31, 2011, the World Health Organization recognized that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields are a Class 2B possible human cancer risk. The emissions generated by the Microwave Device fall under this classification of emissions and risk.
The Citizens for Safe Technology Society is currently fund raising to bring a tort action against BC Hydro so as to prohibit the imposition of microwave emitting smart meters on BC residents regardless of whether they have electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
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