Petition to Stop Installation of a Telecommunication Antenna System on the Rooftop of 1830 Oak Bay Avenue
- Target:
- Freedom Mobile, owners of strata lots at 1830 Oak Bay Avenue, The City of Victoria, Industry Canada
- Region:
- Canada
- Website:
- stopoakbayavenuecellantenna.wordpress.com
Freedom Mobile has approached the owners of the strata lots at 1830 Oak Bay Avenue to install an antenna system consisting of 4 cellular antennas and eventually 8 and a dish on their rooftop. This proposed installation is a binding 20 year contract. The decision will be made within days without consultation with the residents, businesses and elementary school located near the site. We strongly oppose this installation of an Antenna system on this site and in this area based on the following concerns:
- The Oak Bay branch of Ecole Victor Brodeur (elementary school) is approx. 100m away from the proposed site.
- A vast and growing body of evidence points to the deleterious effects of Radiofrequency (RF) and Electromagnetic (EMR) radiation such as that emitted from cell antennae on human health and even more so that of children. Safety Code 6 covers only the thermal effects of such radiation but does not consider non-thermal effects stemming from mid to long term exposure to such radiation. Adverse effects include an increased risk of cancer. The closer one is to the antennae and the longer the exposure, the higher the risk to health.
- There has been no public consultation despite this being in the middle of a mixed commercial and residential area, with many people living and working on or close to the site
- The stigma associated with the presence of cell phone antennas in the vicinity has a negative effect on property values.
- Once the contract is signed nothing stops Freedom Mobile from adding more cell antennae. They will start with 4 but have already mentioned that there may be 8 later, thereby doubling the risk to health.
We, the undersigned, request that:
- Freedom Mobile stops its project to install a telecommunication antenna system to the rooftop of 1830 Oak Bay avenue or within a 400m radius from the Oak Bay branch of the Ecole Victor Brodeur;
- Freedom Mobile consult with the public prior to future installations;
- That the owners of the strata lots of 1830 Oak Bay Avenue reject Freedom Mobile’s proposal now and any other such installations in the future;
- That the City of Victoria review its antenna siting policy to ensure public consultation prior to any telecommunication antenna system installation (even if not required by Industry Canada’s CPC-2-0-03), rooftop or otherwise, and prevent such installations within a 400m radius from any school;
- That Industry Canada review CPC-2-0-03 to remove exclusions on non-tower structures.
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The Petition to Stop Installation of a Telecommunication Antenna System on the Rooftop of 1830 Oak Bay Avenue petition to Freedom Mobile, owners of strata lots at 1830 Oak Bay Avenue, The City of Victoria, Industry Canada was written by Tania Bouchon and is in the category Miscellaneous at GoPetition.