An open letter to Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Kevin Falcon.
On Jan. 27, I phoned BC Hydro to request that a smart meter not be installed at my home.
I was promptly told, in so many words, that I had no choice, a smart meter would be installed at my home.
I will be out of province at the time the proposed installation will take place and I strenuously object to anyone doing anything around my house while I am absent. That didn’t phase the Hydro employee at all. The installation will take place.
I pointed out to the person that I, among others, had fought in the Second World War, where too many of our military died to preserve our basic freedoms, not the least of which was our freedom of “choice.”
If a meter is installed at my home when I have made it plain that I do not want it, that freedom of “choice” has been taken away from me.
To remind you, the Second World War was a fight against fascism. Here we are in 2012 watching our freedom of “choice” being denied to myself and others.
Surrey council unanimously has recently made it clear that we citizens should have a choice as to whether or not we want these meters installed in our homes. Now it is up to Premier Christy Clark, you and the rest of your colleagues to give us back our freedom of “choice.”
BC Hydro is a Crown corporation over which, I assume, the provincial legislature must have some control. I request that you exercise that control.
Joseph R. Marshall, Surrey
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Editor:
It is obvious from reading all the letters in the paper that the majority of people do not want the smart meters.
Surrey council voted to give people the option of having smart meters or not. Coun. Marvin Hunt stated that their motion will not make a difference because the government will throw it in the garbage.
Does the government think so little of their people?
Canadians are very complaisant about their freedom and I am told many times you can’t fight the government. It is never to late to fight for your freedom.
The smart meters are about freedom to choose.
Mary Mikelson, Surrey