Rail Disaster

 On May 2 the Canadian Federal Government spent $75 million to settle with the victims and creditors affected by the Lac-Megantic rail  disaster; a contribution which protected it from lawsuits resulting from it. 

According to Transport Minister Marc Garneau, "we don't acknowledge that we had any responsibility; however, we did want to make a contribution because of the impact of this terrible tragedy in Lac-Magantic."

The government denies responsibility while it attempts to administrate an economic system that creates cost cutting schemes which result in such disasters.

This does not mean Mr. Garneau and his fellow ministers are hypocrites. They can't see an alternative to capitalism. But we can.

John Ayers