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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