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MPP demands action on train derailments

Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas says the Liberals talk a good game on protecting the environment.  But when it’s time to put your money where your mouth is, she says the Liberals become invisible.  Gelinas was reacting to government inaction over two recent CN derailments that resulted in oil spills.  She says months after the spills, the Wynne Liberals still haven’t held CN accountable.  If ordinary people dumped oil into a watershed, Gelinas says the Liberals would go after them but not when big business is involved.

Rocco Frangione
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.

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