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The Trial of Tom Harding
From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster
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Detailed account of the five-month criminal negligence trial of three front-line Montreal, Maine and Atlantic employees, which rendered non-guilty verdicts. Examines the rationale behind the charges as well as those against the corporate entity, excluding executives and its owner, which the Crown subsequently dropped. Describes the plea agreements in the penal charges against company employees and Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act violations against Irving oil.
Contributors
Bruce Campbell
BRUCE CAMPBELL is a former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, one of Canada's leading independent think tanks. He is the author of three major reports and a number of media commentaries on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. For his work on Lac-Mégantic, Bruce was awarded a Law Foundation of Ontario Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship and spent 2016 as a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. Throughout his career, Bruce has written numerous reports on economic policy, trade and investment, Canada-US-relations, and the political economy of oil. His previous books include the edited volumes Living with Uncle: Canada-US Relations in an Age of Empire and Medicare: Facts, Myths, Problems & Promise. Bruce is currently Adjunct Professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, and Senior Fellow, Ryerson University, Centre for Free Expression. He lives in Ottawa.
