Railway safety: a disconcerting lack of regulatory oversight

Successive Liberal and Conservative governments have relegated the necessary audits, spot-checks and rigorous enforcements needed to uphold basic safety standards to the back seat.

Ottawa’s handling of railway safety over the years can be qualified as simply “disconcerting.” The first job of any government is to ensure the safety of its citizens, but successive Liberal and Conservative governments have relegated the necessary audits, sp...

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