This was a robo-call I received during the lately premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell's final election campaign. Campbell has since moved to London, England where he represents Canada.
Between 100-150 Victorians came out Sunday to voice their opposition to the unilateraly imposed installation of so-called 'Smart Meters' by the publicly owned power utility, BC Hydro. The meters are a hot-button issue with health, privacy, and government accountability activists, and the evidence backing the objections of these disparate groups grows stronger by the day. That may be the reason Hydro is moving at break-neck speeds to have the, estimated, $750 million project. Irksome too, this program was slid in by the governing BC Liberal party with minimal public consultation, and excluded oversight by the BC Utilities Commission, whose function is to hold the Crown corporation to account.
With municipal elections looming, and a provincial poll predicated by law before next summer, this could be a paradigm-shifting issue for British Columbia.
Weaver put his considerable environmental chop behind endorsing Gordon Campbell's incumbent bid for the premiership of British Columbia. Well, Andy's guy won! Now B.C. is saddled with another four years of the most ecologically disastrous regime in Canadian history. Way to go Andy!!
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