Pubdate: Sun, 16 Apr 2006
Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2006 Times Colonist
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481
Author: Jim Geiwitz
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

HYDRO SNOOPING WILL INCREASE DANGERS

Solicitor General John Les's proposed bill to require B.C. Hydro to  
report houses with unusually high power bills is a recipe for disaster.

All legislation is subject to the law of unintended consequences, but  
in this case, the consequences are completely predictable: unskilled  
electricians will construct meter bypasses to avoid a Hydro report,  
and the jury-rigged shunts will cause the very fires and explosions  
that Les is worried about.

This bill significantly increases the danger to the public and, you  
can be sure, will not reduce the number of grow-ops.

It's a truly stupid bill and should be abandoned immediately.

Jim Geiwitz,
Saanichton
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