The habit of hanging clothes on one’s balcony is being looked down upon. CBC News reported the story of Tanushree Pillai who used to dry her children’s clothes on her New Westminster balcony. She received a letter from her strata council, warning her and seeking an apology for disobeying the orders. Failure to do so, it warned, would result in a fine
It is not well known that drying clothes under the sun and putting out a drying rack were banned by law in Canada’s British Columbia a long time ago. Recently, according to local media reports, the Union of B.C. Municipalities have called for a new resolution — The Clothesline Act – pointing out that nothing prohibited residents from using clotheslines outdoors at a single-family dwelling or on the ground floor of a multi-unit residential building, reported livemint.
The habit of hanging clothes on one’s balcony is being looked down upon. CBC News reported the story of Tanushree Pillai who used to dry her children’s clothes on her New Westminster balcony. She received a letter from her strata council, warning her and seeking an apology for disobeying the orders. Failure to do so, it warned, would result in a fine.
Residents have protested the ‘hypocritical’ order which they feel has no value in today’s world that’s fighting against climate change and working towards saving carbon footprints by reducing energy load.
Canada’s British Columbia is not the first region to endorse The Clothesline Act. In 2010, Nova Scotia introduced a Clothesline Act to reduce energy consumption, as well as greenhouse gases and other emissions
CBC News said that the idea was reportedly first brought to Powell River city council through its Climate Change Committee. Admitting the idea, Counsellor Carole Ann Leishman told the news channel , “It just makes complete sense, it reduces our energy load … it just saves people costs, not having to run their dryer,”
Now UBCM members will ask the provincial government to take it up.
Canada’s British Columbia is not the first region to endorse The Clothesline Act. In 2010, Nova Scotia introduced a Clothesline Act to reduce energy consumption, as well as greenhouse gases and other emissions.
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