Drop ALL the Charges against Tom Harding and Richard Labrie NOW

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

It's A Rail Safety Emergency!  Rail Workers Face New Federal Charges After Acquittal in Lac-Mégantic Criminal Trial. Another Scapegoat Trial won't get us Rail Safety.

Call on the Canadian Ministry of Justice Today

Drop ALL the Charges! Time for a real public inquiry into the causes of the wreck

The Canadian government had a choice after the July 2013 runaway oil train wreck that killed 47 people and destroyed the downtown of Lac-Mégantic Québec. They could focus on rail safety to make sure tragedies like this would not happen again, or they could focus only on a couple rail workers and avoid the inquiry. They made the wrong choice, pushing criminal charges against Tom Harding and Richard Labrie.

Four and half years later, the jury found Harding and Labrie not guilty of all charges. Finally the Canadian government should have to take a careful look at rail safety.

Once again, the Canadian government made the wrong choice. Instead of starting a full-scale public inquiry into the causes of the crash, they are bringing Harding and Labrie back into court on February 5, 2018 to face a set of federal charges.

Enough is enough. Criminal trials are the absolute worst way to uncover all the different factors that led up to the Lac-Mégantic crash, factors that are still out there on the rails across Canada and the US. We all need real rail safety. Call the Canadian Minister of Justice at 613-957-4222. Tell her Drop ALL The Charges Now.  

Add your name to call on the Justice Ministry to pay attention now and drop the charges.

To: The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
From: [Your Name]

It’s Time To Drop ALL Charges Against the Rail Workers

It is more than 4 years since the tragic train wreck in Lac-Mégantic QC. Now is the time for your office to stop a continuing injustice, the prosecution of railroad workers Tom Harding and Richard Labrie under the Canadian Railway Safety Act and other laws.

The record has established that the actions of Tom Harding and Richard Labrie did not cause this tragedy. Continuing to prosecute the railworkers in this case does not advance rail safety. We, the undersigned, call on those charged with administering justice to do their part now and drop ALL the charges.