KATHLEEN WYNNE - PREMIER OF ONTARIO: Protect Charter Rights: Give Ontario Residents an "opt-out" of Smart Meters

The use of a SmartMeters is a flagrant violation of basic human rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, SPECIFICALLY THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF 1982, Article 7, dealing with right to life, privacy, and security of person. The SmartMeter is an unlawful breach of privacy for which I have not given consent, and the technology emits microwaves which are known, and proven, health hazards, violating my fundamental right to security of person; Article 8, dealing with security against unreasonable search and seizure: the SmartMeter sends data over insecure means regarding all sorts of information and is tantamount to unlawful wiretapping. HydroOne and organizations like it are in violation of not only the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but of Natural Law. Power Companies, wether private or 100% owned by the Crown, which is to say the electorate, the people of Canada and/or Ontario, do not have the right to override my free will and basic rights and freedoms by using an essential service as Trojan Horse for harmful RF/Microwave radiation and severe breaches of privacy and security. Give all Ontario residents the right to "Opt-out" of SmartMeter usage. We the people have the right to make our own choices regarding health and safety as well as security and privacy.

“Smart Meters” violate the law and cause endangerment to residents by the following factors:

1. They individually identify electrical devices inside the home and record when they are operated causing invasion of privacy.

2. They monitor household activity and occupancy in violation of rights and domestic security.

3. They transmit wireless signals which may be intercepted by unauthorized and unknown parties. Those signals can be used to monitor behavior and occupancy and they can be used by criminals to aid criminal activity against the occupants.

4. Data about occupant’s daily habits and activities are collected, recorded and stored in permanent databases which are accessed by parties not authorized or invited to know and share that private data.

5. Those with access to the smart meter databases can review a permanent history of household activities complete with calendar and time-of-day metrics to gain a highly invasive and detailed view of the lives of the occupants.

6. Those databases may be shared with, or fall into the hands of criminals, blackmailers, law enforcement, private hackers of wireless transmissions, power company employees, and other unidentified parties who may act against the interests of the occupants under metered surveillance.

7. “Smart Meters” are, by definition, surveillance devices which violate Federal and Provincial wiretapping laws by recording and storing databases of private and personal activities and behaviors without the consent or knowledge of those people who are monitored.

8. The Smart Meter emits harmful RF/microwave radiation, and the junk science Provincial and Federal governments is using as propaganda to espouse the safety of Smart Meters is specious at best, criminal at worst, and it ignores much of current scientific evidence on the harmfulness of these devices.

9. Hydro One has not adequately disclosed the particular recording and transmission capabilities of the smart meter, or the extent of the data that will be recorded, stored and shared, or the purposes to which the data will and will not be put.