OTTAWA — Canada should force railways to take out enough insurance to ensure they can cover damage caused by major incidents, the Canadian Senate said on Thursday in a report issued after last month's train disaster in Quebec, which killed 47 people.
The recommendation was one of 13 in a report by the Senate's energy, environment and natural resources committee on transporting oil and gas by pipeline, rail and tanker. The Senate is Canada's unelected upper house of Parliament.
A train operated by Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) derailed and blew up in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic on July 6, killing 47 and destroying the town's downtown.
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