(Source: Globe and Mail, February 27, 2012)
TORONTO — The Railway Association of Canada is defending a self-policing safety monitoring system that it says works effectively, as federal investigators seek answers to the Via derailment and critics call for improvements. The number of accidents at federally regulated railways fell last year to 1,023, compared with 1,076 in 2010 — statistics that include everything from derailments involving spills to minor incidents that are the equivalent of fender benders.
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