The privileges of power: a look at Edward Burkhardt and Stephen Harper
My hero Izzie Stone, the scourge of American politicians, always wished he had coined the heads-up that made Britain's Lord Acton famous: Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely....
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Deregulation is a failed experiment: After Lac-Mégantic, we need to act
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Since the start of the mantra that "government must get out of the way of business," we've had bad water in Walkerton, tainted meat and now, this unspeakably tragic rail...
View ArticleVideo: Lac-Mégantic disaster was dark harvest of corporate greed and...
Is this show currently playing? July 31, 2013 If the train derailment and explosion in Lac-Mégantic had been an act of terror, maybe Canadians could muster the rage needed to save the country from...
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Lac-Mégantic is a reminder of why society needs a strong labour movement
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Organized labour serves a similar function to regulation, in that it represents a check on the ability of corporations to manage in response to market forces. It has been over...
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Politicians must step up and make rail safety a top priority
Monday, August 5, 2013 Transport Canada's emergency safety directive issued following the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy is welcome but more can be done. Transport Canada's emergency safety directive issued...
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Lessons from the oil train disaster at Lac-Mégantic
Friday, August 30, 2013 The corporate interests responsible for the oil train disaster in Quebec are back on the prowl. As the toxic oil from the July 6 oil train disaster in Lac Mégantic, Quebec seeps...
View ArticlePipeline vs. rail: A red herring
Ever since the Lac-Mégantic tragedy, there's a question which constantly comes up with regards to oil transportation. Are we better off transporting oil by rail or using pipelines? That's in fact a red...
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Lac-Mégantic: Where Does the Buck Stop?
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Was the Lac-Mégantic 'accident' an improbable sequence of events or the result of a flawed regulatory regime that allows companies to largely regulate themselves? A new...
View ArticleAlternative Person of the Year Award for 2013: Pipelines
You can change the conversation. Chip in to rabble's donation drive today!The Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-économiques (IRIS) has released its third Alternative Person of the Year...
View ArticleQuébec election day: We've already forgotten Lac-Mégantic
Just as the election started in the dead of winter, its end has brought with it the hints of spring.And, with the melt of the spring thaw, ghosts are awakened from their resting spaces. They ask, "what...
View ArticleHarper's dangerous petro-politicking with rail safety
There was more smoke and mirrors on Canada's rail tracks last week when the Harper Conservative government finally announced their long-awaited changes to rail safety 292 days after the preventable...
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Regulatory failure: Who's actually to blame for Lac-Mégantic disaster?
Friday, May 23, 2014 Prosecutors laid criminal charges against three front-line employees of Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway. But, where does responsibility actually fall for the regulatory lapse...
View ArticleDefence fund launched for workers charged in Lac-Mégantic tragedy
Defence fund launched for workers charged in Lac-Mégantic tragedy A legal defence fund has been launched to help pay costs to be incurred by railway workers charged in connection with last year's...
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A number is never just a number: Lac-Mégantic crude
Wednesday, September 3, 201472Number of rail cars carrying Bakken crude oil that crashed into the Quebec community of Lac-Mégantic in July 2013, killing 47 people. (Source)85Percentage of tank cars...
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Oil profits, pipelines and the human cost of regulatory capture
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