Drop the charges against MMA workers Tom Harding and Richard Labrie
July 20, 2016

Three years after the tragic rail disaster at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that killed 47 people, investigations revealed that this horrific incident could have been avoided by a simple 10-second safety procedure that Transport Canada did not require the cost-cutting Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) to use.

As the Federal Government permitted the deregulation of the railway industry, allowing railway companies - companies that continually strive for greater profits - to regulate their own industry, this has caused Transport Canada to become very lax over the years in their role in developing and enforcing safety regulations and standards on Canada's railways.
 
The many investigations that were conducted over what transpired in the early morning hours at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec on July 6, 2013, has allowed us to now know that the actions of MMA Locomotive Engineer Tom Harding and Rail Traffic Controller Richard Labrie did not cause this tragedy. It was the implementation of unsafe management policies by MMA and inadequate braking rules, all while Transport Canada was not paying close enough attention to the railways in 2013.

Please tap here or on the photo above to add your name to the petition calling on the Department of Justice Canada to drop the charges and to stop prosecuting railway workers for government and railroad companies’ decisions

Despite these facts, Brothers Harding and Labrie are still facing charges of 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death.
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Please take a moment and tell the Canadian Government that scapegoating railroad workers Is the Wrong Way to Get Safe Trains!