Dear Editor:
Last Sunday I was visited by my local Green Party candidate, Joe Keithley. He asked for my support in the coming provincial election and I told him, not in so many words, that I wouldn’t support any candidate who doesn’t raise the issue of B.C. Hydro’s practice of charging a fee of $32.40 a month to those of us who wish to retain our analog hydro meters
To this he told me that I would have to raise this issue at an all-candidates meeting. I didn’t reply then, but I certainly am now. If he thought the issue was important, both he and his party would raise it. Last provincial election, we didn’t even have any all-candidates meetings in my riding. And if you have a smart meter on your house or condo and don’t think this issue is important, then maybe you don’t care much about your own health. These meters emit radiation 24 hours a day as well as being fire hazards if their lithium batteries get wet. And if that isn’t enough, we’re being bombarded by radiation from Telus’s cell towers and radiation-emitting sending units being placed ontelephone poles. The bullies at B.C. Hydro charge the highest fees in North America to those of us who are fighting to retain our own health.
They call themselves the “Green” party. But they’re no better than any other party when they run and hide from an issue which affects us all.
Jim Ervin, Burnaby
