Lac-Mégantic: Profits before people’s safety — once again
Vol. 83/No. 36 - October 7, 2019![July 6, 2013, day of train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people. Upper left is Tafisa, largest particle board plant in North America. Plant depends on tracks that were rebuilt through center of town weeks after explosion and fire, while town center was razed.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Quebec-300x272.jpg)
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec — “This is proof once more, that we are not safe in Lac-Mégantic,” Robert Bellefleur, spokeperson for Lac-Mégantic Citizens Coalition and Organizations for Rail Safety, told CBC News after two train derailments took place here Aug. 24. They…