Here in Alberta, what news coverage there has been about the strike for safer working conditions by Canadian National Railway train crews and rail yard workers has focused on the increasingly agitated calls by Conservative politicians for punitive back-to-work legislation. There is very little reporting on the issues behind the
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Politics and its Discontents: Sorry, I’ve Been Kinda Busy…
That must be the reason that people like Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and her parliamentary secretary Jeff Watson haven’t yet had time to read the Transportation Safety Board’s damning report on last year’s Lac-Mégantic train derailment that killed 47 people: Recommend this Post
Continue readingTrashy's World: I’ve wondered why…
… electronic devices like cell phones and Kindles are considered to be at the same threat level as a over-sized bottle of perfume, or an explosive thinga-ma-jiggy, and now the FAA is wondering the same. Dealing with the F.A.A. on this topic is like arguing with a stubborn teenager. The agency
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