Feds Cap Rail Disaster Fund

A cabinet bill to create a rail disaster compensation fund would cap relief at $250 million, a fraction of costs from the 2013 Lac-Mégantic wreck. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said cabinet would reclaim extra money from industry in case of another costly disaster: “It is the taxpayers who have to pay”.

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