(Source: Opinion column by Bruce Campbell at www.rabble.ca, October 30, 2017)
TORONTO — The trial of the three frontline workers charged with criminal negligence causing death in the Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster has now begun in a Sherbrooke, Québec, courtroom. If found guilty, they could face life in prison, for the deaths of 47 people. The now defunct owner of the railway that passes through the town — Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) — faces the same charges, but its trial will be held at a later date. What are the consequences of an extinct corporate shell being found guilty, but minus charges against its executives and owner: none.
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