Lac-Megantic residents call on Trudeau to move forward on rail bypass
OTTAWA — Some Lac-Megantic residents say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed in what they call his moral obligation to have a rail bypass built around the Quebec town.
A citizens’ group and opposition party members met in Ottawa on Wednesday to ask Trudeau to move forward on building a track that would redirect trains away from homes and businesses in the town.
A spokesman for the group said Trudeau signed a petition calling for a bypass in 2013, just days after a runaway train derailed and exploded in the town’s downtown core, killing 47 people.
But Robert Bellefleur said Trudeau has largely stayed silent since then and has not answered the group’s requests to meet with him personally.