Health committee  Mr. Chair and committee members, I'd like to thank you for the invitation to speak with you this afternoon and for deciding to invest committee time on Safety Code 6. When I ran the Canadian operations for Microsoft, I learned that it is critical to focus on process. Today, as a

Health committee  What we asked, or are suggesting, as one of the recommendations is that we think there's a lead the federal government can play in identifying federally regulated buildings and federal properties, and make those the leading examples in Canada in protecting individuals who are ele

Health committee  One of our recommendations is for Health Canada to raise an awareness campaign. Part of that awareness campaign should be telling young men to keep the phone out of their pants' pockets, because that's where men keep their phones. Young men keep their phones in their pockets. Tha

Health committee  I would like to add a comment. What we recommend to a lot of people is that sometimes you can't run the wires, so go to Canadian Tire and buy a timer that you put your Christmas lights on, your holiday lights, so at least while you're sleeping, while your children are sleeping, y

Health committee  We're very aware and actually we're involved with part of that. What Industry Canada did—and it was a good step forward—was to provide more notification, but all that does is provide more notification to communities when a cell tower antenna is being put into the community. The

Health committee  I would make two comments, Dr. Fry. I would say that people are smart, and when they have the right information, they act appropriately and they act responsibly, particularly parents with newborns. What I've heard though, hundreds of times now, is that it must be okay if Heal

Health committee  But we also react when you challenge us, and we're not challenging industry right now. I think if you challenge my industry to come up with more effective ways to do it.... As I said, we have seen situations of cell towers going into the communities where they are thousands of t

Health committee  No, it's not.

Health committee  Agreed.

Health committee  May I comment, though, grandmother, that's interim. We want you to change safety concepts.

Health committee  That's fair. We have both hats in mind.

Health committee  I would also add, Ms. McLeod, that as a Canadian I am proud that we're leading the world on some things, like acid rain. I don't want to wait for an international consensus to act. I would be afraid to death that my future grandchildren would have to wait for the WHO to lead what

Health committee  I would add, too, that the Canadian Human Rights Commission does recognize electrohypersensitivity as well. If somebody is diagnosed in the workplace, they actually have the ability to go through the process and get support and compensation.