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u - WAri-zmoo CHIONICLE - Wednesday. lanunry 22. 20“ 0 0 Q - li ' Prionty was to get first responders mfo, not the pub c says FCM Continued from page I In November the federal government of Fire Chiefs, according to an email from however, doesn't believe knowing this kind of announced Protective Direction 1522, which Transport Canada. information would give homeowners or [he city was informed by the railway that required railways in Canada to tell munici- Roxane Marchand of Transport Canada businesses any more piece of mind. He lives ‘ it the integrity of the information it provides palities what dangerous goods the company also wrote they were unaware of any other about 900 feet from a Canadian National rail could not be ensured, “Gt-IXR may. in the is transponing through them. It was issued Freedom of information requests in Canada line in his home town ofClencoe, 45 minim-s interests of security. be forced to refuse disâ€" under the Transportation of Dangerous seeking this kind ofinfonnation. southwest oflondon. closure in the future." Goods Act and will remain in effect for three The FCM railway safety working group "I’m not sure if knowing what's going Officials in Waterloo are worried that ifthe years. was formed in the wake of the derailment through the municipality is a good thing or railway no longer supplies this information Section three of that directive states rail- and explosion of a train carrying crude oil not. it might make it more difficult for me to to the municipality, and emergency services ways are no longer required to provide that through the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic, sleep well,” he said. “It's making sure we're personnel respond to an incident without the information to municipalities if those cities which killed 47 people on July 6.2013. ready to respond to an emergency if and proper knowledge of the situation, it could or towns fail to keep the information secret. Doug Reycraft, co-chair of that working when it occurs that is important." increase the likelihood of negative impact on Protective Direction 32 was developed in group, said they are generally pleased with In October 2012 a GEXR train headed the public. "Therefore. there is a compelling partnership between railway operators. the how railways have complied with their rec- northbound to Elmira derailed near city hall. public interest then in nondisclosure Federation of Canadian Municipalities, ommendations, and said getting the infor~ Nothing was spilled, but (iEXR and (EN, beyond that of the emergency services per» municipal city planners, the Railway Associa- mation into the hands of emergency respon» which maintains that section of track, failed sonnel," the city wrote. tion of Canada and the Canadian Association ders was their primary goal to notify the city and the region of the Hill “We think they need to have the best dent. information that's available in order to deal Placards, or signs. attached to each car .. with the emergency," said Reycraft. He noted provide a general description of what the cars » ' r A . ‘ “ ' l ' . . * , many railways raised concerns that if infor~ are canying. but the city said the information mation about what they're shipping is made provided to Quan last March is much more a: ~ ,» public is could put them at a competitive disâ€" detailed. In August, an independent investiâ€" ”fin“ advantage, gation by the Chronicle found sodium ‘ m J That rtins counter to the argument made hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are just ' , _ m by GEXR when the Chronicle requested the some of the chemicals moved through the ’ .. 1 " °“ , ' list of dangerous goods last year. The compa- city core by (iEXR. ' ”r ”f 1: l ,. ny said it kept that information confidential (N has also refused to reveal the number “firm? 14“ i for safety purposes of faults its engineers have discoverer! since "To be honest. I haven't heard that (rea- the derailment last October An investigation sonl," said Reycraft. “Whenever there's any into that derailment determined a broken discussion with (railways) about sharing link between two rails was the cause. information, they seemed concerned about it In an email to the Chronicle in November, l getting into the hands of their competitors (IN Rail spokesperson l.|ndsay Fedchyshyn g and undermining their position." said no faults were detected during the most I Many residents in Waterloo have recent inspection. but wouldn't say how l expressed concern over what is being moved many had been found prior to that inspet , . l I through their community by rail. Reycraft. tion. l Give 0 child th gift 0 wo anguages. , ”f. a a. l . . ~ ‘ . s_ it? 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