Since the privatization, there have been several high-profile derailments in B.C., most notably the August, 2005, spill of 40,000 litres of corrosive caustic soda into the Cheakamus River near Squamish.
The federal Transportation Safety Board is still investigating that spill, which killed an estimated half-million fish and sterilized the river.
That same month, another CN train derailed in Alberta, spilling oil into Lake Wabamun near Edmonton.
In his remarks, Mr. Chudnovsky also contends that CN has instituted cost-cutting measures in B.C. that have bolstered its corporate profits, but at the price of reduced safety.
"Those enormous profits, at a time when the safety of the people of British Columbia and our environment have been put in jeopardy, create a maddening juxtaposition," Mr. Chudnovsky says in his prepared submission.
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Chodnovsky.
Making this court case more visible and more national hopefully will keep the
BC justice system from going astray. (sneer)
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"The most sustainable product is the one you never bought in the first place."
Alex Steffan
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) Rail Accidents Statistics.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/stats/index.asp?section=ALL">http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/stats/index.asp?section=ALL</a><br />
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2006 total derailments 809, involving dangerous goods 128, Spills 7<br />
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2007 total derailments 726, involving dangerous goods 126, Spills 3<br />
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Jan 2007 total derailments 54, involving dangerous goods 9, Spills 1<br />
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More than 50% of all reported accidents in any given year are derailments<br />
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Ontario has the worst record followed by BC, Alberta and then Quebec.<br />
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Given the number of miles traveled per year (estimated) it seems that a derailment of one sort or another occurs every 100,000 miles traveled. That’s better odds than the lottery!<br />
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<p>---<br>When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp
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Expect little from life and get more from it.