Citizens Against Un-Safe Emissions
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WHAT IS BEING DONE IN COLWOOD TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS FROM EMR?
  1. EMR TRANSMITTERS TASK FORCE – Established and ratified by Colwood Council in November, 2008.
  2.   ANTENNA CONSULTATION POLICY -- revision passed by Council , December 15, 2008.   No transmitters, whether they are new or replacements, are excluded.  Colwood is to be advised of all proposed devices and structures, no matter the entity doing the proposing, the height of the tower, or the modifications, installations or activation planned.  The complete policy is available at the City of Colwood website.
  1. TERMS OF REFERENCE – adopted by Council, June 8, 2009.  To recommend to Council appropriate measures, whether by implementation of new bylaws and policies or amendment of current bylaws and policies, to ensure the health of citizens is protected.   For greater detail, see the City of Colwood website.
  2. CONSULTATION POLICY BYLAW – pending ratification by Council. This is a bylaw (with penalty for infraction) to ensure that no lapses occur when a telecommunications company carries out activities in Colwood which are covered under the Antenna Consultation Policy.
  3.  REGULATORY EMR (ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION) HEALTH BYLAW (in development).   The Canadian Constitution places health under provincial control, not federal.   In the Community Charter (2003), the Province has allowed the municipalities to take responsibility for the health and well-being of its citizens.  A regulatory bylaw is not constrained by a grandfathering element and would, therefore, apply to situations already in existence.    With this new bylaw in place, Colwood can establish a maximum power density level that will ensure that cell phones and wireless transmitters are not hazardous to the health of its citizens.
  4. REGULATORY NUISANCE (electronic signals) BYLAW – pending ratification by Council.  The purpose of the proposed nuisance bylaw is to have the power of the FM transmitters lowered to a level at which they no longer interfere with electronic equipment.  To attempt to force the complete removal of the towers could possibly conflict with inter-jurisdictional immunity rules in that it could indirectly impair a federally sanctioned enterprise.  According to Industry Canada’s testing in 2002, the power output of the FM transmitters was measured to be 1100% of that allowed.  In the 7 years since, the power has not been reduced and harmful interference continues to be experienced.
  5. SITING AND BUILDING CODE INITIATIVES are in the development stage and hold great promise of providing additional protection from EMR for the residents of Colwood.

 
 
 
 

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