To prevent disasters like Lac-Mégantic, private interests cannot be allowed to affect regulations
Jun 1 2022 — Bruce Campbell — The Conversation — On July 6, 2013, the fourth deadliest railway disaster in Canadian history took place. A train hauling 72 tankers filled with crude oil derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Que., killing 47 people. The roots of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster can be traced to a combination of corporate negligence and regulatory failure. It is what spurred the publication […]