(Source: Canadian Press, September 17, 2013)
TORONTO — A push by municipal leaders to know more about hazardous rail cargo rattling through their communities is raising security concerns in the federal government. A string of derailments in recent months has the Federation of Canadian Municipalities worried that local fire, ambulance and police departments have not done the proper emergency planning or training for some of the situations they have faced. They have run into resistance from federal officials worried that shared information could fall into the wrong hands and pose a security risk.
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