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Friday, August 21, 2015

Sleazy Stevie and his do nothing ministers

Lac-Mégantic victims to sue Ottawa for allegedly failing to sanction railway


Survivors of the Lac-Mégantic disaster aim to sue Ottawa for allegedly failing to sanction North America’s “most-unsafe” railway operator – a company whose highly explosive cargo wiped out part of their town.

A runaway train hauling volatile crude oil derailed last summer and exploded in the Quebec community, killing 47 people and razing part of the downtown core.

The July 6 tragedy set off an international debate on rail safety and has led to numerous investigations, regulatory changes and lawsuits, including proposed class-action cases on both sides of the border.

One of those class-action suits now seeks to expand its long list of defendants to include the federal government.

The Attorney-General of Canada was named in an amendment filed Wednesday in a Quebec courthouse. The document states it was included because it delegates regulatory powers to the Canadian Transportation Agency and Transport Canada.


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