Where Does the Buck Stop?
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.
Un résumé de ce rapport est disponible en français: Tragédie à Lac-Mégantic: Quand cesseront-ils de se renvoyer la balle?
About the author
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell is former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change; Senior Fellow, Toronto Metropolitan University, Centre for Free Expression. He is the author of The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal, Justice Denied," (James Lorimer 2018). In French: Enquéte sur la Catastrophe de Lac-Mégantic: Quand les pouvoirs publics déraillent (Fides 2019).