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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has refused to abide by the decision of the Quebec government that aims to include it on a list of legal targets set to recover millions of dollars associated with the cleanup of the Lac-Megantic disaster last month. In fact, the company has announced to appeal against the decision in court.
The Quebec government has enlisted CP Rail as one of the targeted companies from which it is planning to hopefully recover the decontamination costs associated with the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway derailment that occurred on July 6, and cost lives of 47 people after a runaway crude train crashed in the centre of the Quebec town. The 72 crude tanker cars involved in the accident were being shifted from North Dakota to oil refineries in New Brunswick, and were subcontracted by CP Rail to MM&A.
A spokesperson of CP Rail, Ed Greenberg, unambiguously mentioned that CP railway staunchly believes that is not to be held liable for the disaster. He mentioned in an email addressed to The Canadian Press, that “Canadian Pacific has reviewed the order. As a matter of fact, and law, CP is not responsible for this clean up. CP will be appealing.” Meanwhile, the Quebec minster of sustainable development, environment, wildlife and parks, Yves-Francois Blanchet, mentioned in a statement issued on Wednesday that CP Rail should have stepped up to its responsibilities and shared the costs as it was the main contractor hired to move the crude.
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