Candidates Who Care about Canadians’ health and the environment

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Parents are worried about the impact of cell phones and excessive screen time on their children. Studies show potential harm to behavioural, cognitive, and social development, and consequences such as obesity, sleep disturbances, depression, and anxiety. Currently individual provinces and school boards are implementing their own policies. However, there is no coordinated effort to study this in Canada. We need elected officials who will change that.

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Canadians are increasingly concerned about the harmful impacts of wireless radiation. Hundreds of high-quality, peer-reviewed studies show serious, adverse health effects of exposure to wireless radiation from technology. In 2015, a full decade ago, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA) published a report entitled Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation and the Health of Canadians. The Report, stated that “the potential risks of exposure to RF fields are a serious public health issue that needs to be brought to the attention of Canadians”. Very few, if any of the twelve recommendations have been implemented. We need elected officials who will push for action on this issue.

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Despite growing evidence that wireless radiation acts as an environmental toxin causing deleterious effects on plants and wildlife, including pollinators, non-human species are not protected under Canadian law. Environment and Climate Change Canada admits it is not even conducting research, nor is it monitoring the existing research on the potential impact of RF/microwave radiation on non-human species and plants. With the dramatic decline in biodiversity, we need elected officials who will ensure our wildlife and environment is protected.