<div>There is some question about the legality of Wind mobile and its foreign ownership. There certainly might be grounds for asking for a stay until that issue is resolved.</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/globalive-to-appeal-court-ruling/article1911421/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/globalive-to-appeal-court-ruling/article1911421/</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/16 Louisette Lanteigne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 2/16/11, Louisette Lanteigne <i><<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com" target="_blank">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px"><br>From: Louisette Lanteigne <<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com" target="_blank">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>><br>
Subject: Cities and School Boards can stop Cell Towers.<br>To: <a href="mailto:brenda.halloran@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">brenda.halloran@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:scott.witmer@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">scott.witmer@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:karen.scian@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">karen.scian@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:angela.vieth@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">angela.vieth@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:diane.freeman@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">diane.freeman@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:mark.whaley@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">mark.whaley@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:jeff.henry@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">jeff.henry@waterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:melissa.durrell@waterloo.ca" target="_blank">melissa.durrell@waterloo.ca</a><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:Catherine_Fife@wrdsb.on.ca" target="_blank">Catherine_Fife@wrdsb.on.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:SStrickland@regionofwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">SStrickland@regionofwaterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:JMitchell@regionofwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">JMitchell@regionofwaterloo.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:fr.robert.hetu@sympatico.ca" target="_blank">fr.robert.hetu@sympatico.ca</a>, <a href="mailto:spectrum.london@ic.g.ca" target="_blank">spectrum.london@ic.g.ca</a><br>
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:10 AM<br><br><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit" valign="top">
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<p>Dear Council Members et al. </p><p><br></p><p>This morning I read how a Cell Phone Tower is to be place at 516 Erbsville Road in Waterloo<span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="color:rgb(85, 102, 119);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">.</span></span>in the heart of a residential community in Laurelwood, It would be less than 500m away from St. Nicholas School where my 6 year old attends grade 1, it is in the vicinity of long term care facilities, residents etc. Here is a Waterloo Chronicle article about this.
<br></p><p><br></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/article/229571" target="_blank">http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/article/229571</a></p><p><br></p><p>Cities and Regions do have the power to govern policies in regards to the placement of Cell Phone Towers and I strongly recommend the city adopt the legislation already in use in Henry County Georgia in the US. For more information please visit this website.<br>
</p><p><br></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.co.henry.ga.us/NewsArticle.aspx?AID=339" target="_blank">http://www.co.henry.ga.us/NewsArticle.aspx?AID=339</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.co.henry.ga.us/NewsArticle.aspx?AID=339" target="_blank"><br>
</a></p><font size="3"><span style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">A community in Idaho faced similar challenges in regards to the proximity of towers to young children. They successfully stopped this tower after a successful
public education campaign. </span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"></span></font><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(78, 78, 78);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22px"></span></span><p>
<br><a rel="nofollow" href="http://whyfry.org/playground-cell-tower-public-education-campaign-in-north-idaho/" target="_blank">http://whyfry.org/playground-cell-tower-public-education-campaign-in-north-idaho/</a></p><p><br>
</p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">The Los
Angeles United School Board </span>passed a resolution opposing cell towers on
school property after the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences classified electromagnetic fields as a Class 2B carcinogen. </span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"></span></font> I strongly recommend our school boards adopt a similar policy. For more information on that issue please visit here: <br>
<br>I understand the city could be at risk of a lawsuit for rejecting the tower, but I also know the economic vitality of our city will also be at an even greater risk by not stopping this tower. I strongly recommend that city staff speak with the Chamber of
Commerce and the Tech industry about this matter and get them on board
to recommending the relocating this tower away from the long term care facility
and schools because this issue directly affects our area's corporate
image. We need to relocate this
tower to a safer area otherwise the tech sector will face a PR
nightmare. I'm sure Rim would not appreciate negative publicity about
cell phones but it will be impossible to stop this topic from
exposing the wider issues about the carcinogenic impacts and with our
volatile economy this issue is simply not worth the risk. I don't want
to read news stories about how " The Tech Capital of Canada" is placing the elderly and young school children at risk but
truth be said that is exactly what will happen should this matter
not be reasonably resolved in a manner that protects the public
interest. </p><p><br></p><p>To speak candidly, the system currently being used by Industry Canada to test products for cancer causing properties is fundamentally flawed. According to the staff at the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) it can can take up to 20 years worth of testing before causality is proven using the criteria currently being set by Industry Canada. That number is based on how long it takes for the average human to manifest cancers after first exposure. The system is wrought with flaws, fails to have regard to cumulative exposures to other microwave frequencies and environmental factors and basically, it is outdated and places the public at serious risk. <br>
</p><p><br></p><p>Currently, the Federal government relies on the industry to conduct their own testing and there is no law in Canada to make these companies prove the technology is safe before selling it. We could create a bill to mandate the testing
be done before marketing the product but if it were introduced, it would "hamper business" because it would essentially take 20 years of testing before products can be sold. For example, Health Canada has yet to establish a reasonable criteria for testing to determine if genetically modified foods are safe for human consumption. Bill C-474 would have demanded that the tests be done before the product is sold, however this bill was recently defeated. Currently industry tends to get the upper hand more often then not even in light of public health concerns.<br>
</p><p><br></p><p> If the Federal government wants to review data gathered by way of industry tests, they might have to wait years because often times the data is not given freely due to "patent information" and there is no legal obligation for industry to provide it. For example, right now Coke Cola has more info on Canada's water supply than the Federal government but the government
can't access the data because this data is literally owned by Coke. It gives this company a strategic corporate advantage and there is currently no legal obligation or policy to mandated that they have to share their data with anyone even if it regards a public resource like water.<br>
<br>When industry is asked if their product is carcinogenic, the standard response is, "There is no evidence to prove the link" often times because <br></p><p><br></p><p>a) the test criteria has not reasonably been established by Health Canada as in the case of GMO foods, <br>
</p><p>b) tests have not been done</p><p>c) their product is less than 20 years old therefore it is theoretically "impossible" to tell if there is evidence or not if you follow the strict and outdated guidelines of Industry Canada.</p>
<p><br></p><p> If you view international findings or findings using more current methods, the volumes of studies showing a direct link of Cell Towers to cancer is
alarming. Here is a report by <span><span style="border-collapse:collapse;clear:none;float:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;margin:0pt;outline:medium none;text-decoration:inherit;text-indent:0pt;text-transform:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:inherit;background-color:transparent;border:0pt none;display:inline;padding:0pt;line-height:inherit"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;clear:none;float:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;margin:0pt;outline:medium none;text-decoration:inherit;text-indent:0pt;text-transform:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:inherit;background-color:transparent;border:0pt none;display:inline;padding:0pt;line-height:inherit">Angela Flynn, Public Health Advocate</span></span></span> giving examples of the data being found in many of these studies.<br>
</p><p><br></p><p> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/24352550/Cell-Tower-Rpt" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/24352550/Cell-Tower-Rpt</a><br></p><p><br></p><p>It is my hope we can relocate this tower to a more appropriate area. <br>
</p><p><br>Thank you kindly for your time.<br> <br>Louisette Lanteigne<br> 700 Star Flower Ave.<br> Waterloo Ontario<br> N2V 2L2<br> <br><br></p>
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