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   > On 5/18/2014 10:03 PM, "{>_<} Раиса" <"{>_ @nyet.ca> wrote:   
   >> Going back to the first premise on this issue:  where did you hear that   
   >> the owner/CEO wouldn't be charged in this case?   
      
      
   On 5/18/2014 8:52 PM, TomP wrote:   
   > He hasn't been charged. The dissolved corporation has been charged.   
   >   
   > "The Quebec provincial prosecutor's office said 47 counts of criminal   
   > negligence have been filed against engineer Thomas Harding, manager of   
   > train operations Jean Demaitre, and Richard Labrie, the railway's   
   > traffic controller, as well as against the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic   
   > Railway Ltd., the defunct railway at the heart of the disaster."   
   >   
   > To me this looks like a shell game so the owner avoids prosecution.   
   > Following the chain up - the engineer gets charged - his boss, the   
   > manager gets charged - the manager's boss, the traffic controller also   
   > gets charged and finally the company. The company avoids prosecution   
   > because it is dead.   
   >   
   > So in this case the responsibility does not get to the executives. There   
   > is no repercussions to operating an unsafe business so the company is   
   > sold and its business as usual.   
      
      
   I saw some of the Quebec people from Lac Megantic watching as those   
   three employees were moved into the courthouse - in handcuffs and   
   chains.  Seems 'someone' is trying really hard to make it look like   
   serious action is being taken for the disaster.  Only trouble was, those   
   interviewed in the watching crowd of Lac Megantic residents weren't   
   buying the show.  Several said they wanted to see charges against those   
   "higher up" in the company to be arrested and charged.   
      
   If all documents seized by police had the corporate stamp of the   
   now-defunct MM&A company affixed to them, police would have no choice   
   but to lay charges against the company, which is a separate entity from   
   the asshole we know as Ed Burkhardt - because of incorporation and the   
   protection it gives to the 'individual'.  However, it doesn't mean that   
   Burkhardt won't ultimately be charged, if it can be shown HE was the one   
   making decisions behind the scenes - like demanding a one-engineer   
   exemption.  And when THAT issue comes up in a courtroom, you can bet   
   Harper and his Cons will have to explain why THEY gave them that exemption.   
      
   I think it's too early to predict that Burkhardt is off the hook.  There   
   are 5 listed on MM&A's 'management team'.  All or most of them could end   
   up being charged.  Harper and his Cons will be on the hot seat along   
   with them.   
      
      
      
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