News & Useful Links

Open letter to Minister Lisa Raitt from Mayor Tory and Toronto city councillors

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0mVq-4XJS7MY1N3TFhkUzlfRTg/edit

Standing Committee on Transport Report -Review of the Canadian Transportation Safety Regime 

Report of the Standing Committee on Transport Infrastructure and Communities

Safe Rail Communities Environmental Petition to the Auditor General

Environmental Petition to the Auditor General

Transport Canada’s acknowledgement of receipt

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Safe Rail Communities CTA submission

CTA submission 29Dec14 SRC

Link to Railroaded Blog

https://railroaded.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/the-dangers-of-hauling-crude-oil-by-rail/

Videos 

Boom video

http://www.thestar.com/news/2014/10/08/oil_trains_720p_oct_3.html

Podcasts

http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/PARLVU/ContentEntityDetailView.aspx?contententityid=12866&date=20150428&lang=en

http://www.goldhawk.com/2015/02/24/patricia-lai/

http://www.goldhawk.com/2014/12/18/helen-vassilakos-2/

http://www.goldhawk.com/2014/11/12/helen-vassilakos/

Department of Transportation (U.S) PHMSA Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/bf3eca37-1ad3-4137-8f92-7b04a168fa0e

In the News

Tories Make Big Cuts To Transport Safety While Touting Safety

http://www.thestar.com/news/2014/10/08/oil_trains_720p_oct_3.html

Risk assessments on dangerous goods travelling by rail won’t be released Toronto Star

Toronto and Mississauga mayors want dangerous goods off their cities’ rail lines Toronto Star

Rail carriers keep emergency response plans secret from residents Toronto Star

Battle Over Rail Secrecy Intensifies 

Shipping Dangerous Goods: Toronto Mulls Together Rules for Development Along Rail Corridor

Dot -111 Detecting Disaster Spotters Guide 

Toxic Chemicals Crude Oil Radioactive Material Ride the Rails Through Toronto

CN Leakage in US 

TSB Investigation on Lac-Mégantic Disaster

Accidents Surge as Oil Industry Takes the Train

Minister Raitt responds to Transportation Safety Board recommendations following Lac-Mégantic 

Spike in Crude Oil Trains Rumbling Through Heart of Toronto Raises Concerns 

National Energy board to Rule Today on Endbridge’s Line 9 Reversal 

CP Rail Trains Carrying Crude Oil Through Toronto Spark fears 

New Federal Rail Safety Proposal to Tighten Scrutiny of Crude Shipments 

City of Toronto Emergency Plan 

Lac-Mégantic crude oil as explosive as gas, testing reveals

Lac-Mégantic train crash a wake-up call for U.S. rail safety 

Stop Line 9 

Is Bakkan Oil Safe Enough for GTA? 

Oil by rail: If we want better rules, we need better data 

Federal government quietly adopts new rail-safety rules 

Canadian and U.S. safety watchdogs warn of oil-by-rail’s risks in push for tighter rules 

Training for disaster around midtown Toronto rail lines