PERSONAL CHARGES REQUIRED FOR BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL & HUMAN IMPACTS

The Saturday August 24, 2014 Waterloo Region Record carried this story "Papers seized in Lac-Megantic probe". To date three lower level employees of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway have been charged with criminal negligence causing death. The transportation Safety Board released their report which was highly critical of both Transport Canada for its' poor oversight and of the MMA Railway for their "weak safety culture". For these reasons it should be apparent that charges need to go much higher and include the real decisionmakers within both organizations. There has been way too much abilty for human negligence at the corporate level to be unaccountable which leads to literally putting money and shareholder profits ahead of both human lives and environmental protection. Lac-Megantic at the very least needs to open Canadians eyes to the current imbalance favouring capitol and profits at all costs over our fellow citizens and a healthy environment.