{"id":4218,"date":"2012-08-30T00:15:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T07:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4218"},"modified":"2012-08-30T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T07:15:50","slug":"bc-human-rights-tribunal-approves-smart-meter-class-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4218","title":{"rendered":"BC Human Rights Tribunal approves Smart Meter Class Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 28, 2012, the BCHRT issued a decision approving a representative complaint (akin to a class action) against BC Hydro on behalf of \u201cthose persons allegedly diagnosed with electromagnetic hypersensitivity and who have been advised to avoid exposure to wireless technology\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>A copy of the Tribunal\u2019s decision is available at:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bchrt.bc.ca\/decisions\/2012\/August.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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. \u00a0The Society may be contacted at www.citizensforsafetechnology.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0 by any person wishing to join in the complaint. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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,\u00a0 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 Society seeks:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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