On March 5, 2014 the CCPA held its first ever telephone town hall, which enabled us to engage in a live, interactive dialogue with almost 4,000 of our valued supporters from the comfort of their own homes.
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Almost eight months since the terrible rail tragedy at Lac-Mégantic, most questions about its causes and responsibility remain unanswered.
Why did Transport Canada allow the company, MMA, to operate its trains with one-person crews — a major contributing factor to the accident?
The Senate scandal that has obsessed the media in recent months is the least of the political problems that beset this country. The Senate is no less dysfunctional than the House of Commons has become. We live in a country that is politically incapacitated by an electoral system that no country can maintain and still call itself a democracy.
Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index
Born in Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland, in 1926, Ed Finn grew up in Corner Brook, where he later became first a printer's apprentice, then a reporter, columnist, and editor of that city's daily newspaper, the Western Star.
His long career as a journalist later included two years as a reporter with the Montreal Gazette and 14 years as a labour relations columnist for the Toronto Star.
Canadians trust that their government will take reasonable measures to protect them, their workplaces, communities and their environment. Like the young people partying at the Musi-café in Lac-Mégantic, we are all, in a way, oblivious to the risks that governments impose on us. When a catastrophic accident like Lac-Mégantic happens, people’s confidence in the system is shaken.
Was it the result of an improbable sequence of events? An “accident” that occurred in spite of a sound regulatory system and corporations committed to public safety?
Ottawa—Une étude publiée aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) montre du doigt la négligence des entreprises et la défaillance réglementaire comme étant des causes de la tragédie à Lac-Mégantic.
OTTAWA—A study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) points the finger at corporate negligence and regulatory failure as root causes of the Lac-Mégantic disaster.
According to the study, by CCPA Executive Director Bruce Campbell, the evidence to date suggests a flawed regulatory system and cost-cutting corporate behavior that jeopardized public safety and the environment, with the chain of responsibility extending to the highest levels of corporate management and government policy-making.
Ceci est un résumé mettant en relief les principales conclusions de l'étude, The Lac-Mégantic Disaster: Where Does the Buck Stop? (écrit en anglais).
Selon l'étude, on peut conclure que la négligence des entreprises et la défaillance réglementaire comme étant des causes de la tragédie à Lac-Mégantic. Elle met également en lumière plusieurs autres lacunes du système réglementaire et souligne des autres questions importantes.
This study examines the Lac-Mégantic disaster, and points the finger at corporate negligence and regulatory failure as root causes of the tragedy. According to the study, the evidence to date suggests a flawed regulatory system, dangerous cost-cutting corporate behavior, and responsibility extending to the highest levels of corporate management and government policy-making. The study also points to several other flaws in the regulatory system, and highlights some remaining questions in the wake of the accident.