tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post3490961901607503895..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Profiles in courage: The Stephen Harper edition.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-49929023075328489012007-02-11T22:43:00.000-05:002007-02-11T22:43:00.000-05:00CN operates on a risk management structure.While t...CN operates on a risk management structure.<BR/>While touted as a cost containment strategy, it is basically at odds with public safety.<BR/>It is even more effective in Canada than the US due to our historically lower court settlements for loss and damage.<BR/><BR/>It works something like this:<BR/>If you have to spend $10 million every 10 years to prevent a $9 million accident over the same period, guess what?<BR/>Have the accident and save the one million. <BR/><BR/>Buildings, cows, a human life. <BR/>They all have an estimated value and are just part of the cost of doing business, Yankee style. <BR/><BR/>CN<BR/>Bringing higher corporate profits and death right to your door...<BR/>Oops. I'm sounding cynical, no place here for that now, is there?<BR/><BR/>Wiki on E.H.H. -<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Hunter_HarrisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-71031537614118049022007-02-11T22:34:00.000-05:002007-02-11T22:34:00.000-05:00That's why Harper would rather sweep the deaths of...That's why Harper would rather sweep the deaths of the people in this story under the rug.<BR/>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070209/wfive_derailments<BR/>_070209/20070210?hub=WFive<BR/>Yeah, Harper cares about ordinary Canadians. Harper and Harrison care about themselves above and beyond all.<BR/>How many more deaths, how many more ruined lives, how many more contaminated rivers will Harper ignore to save his job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-7304216355487319682007-02-11T19:46:00.000-05:002007-02-11T19:46:00.000-05:00Speaking of CN Railways, I see E. Hunter Harrison ...Speaking of CN Railways, I see E. Hunter Harrison made No. 2 on the <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/2y2c7g" REL="nofollow">list of highest paid executives.</A> I've noticed over the years that politicians of any stripe are not usually interested in pissing off people like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-92016624608577677922007-02-11T15:28:00.000-05:002007-02-11T15:28:00.000-05:00In common law jurisdictions, the basais of tort li...In common law jurisdictions, the basais of tort liability, i. e. negligence, is "foreseeability." Society will not shift the costs of a loss from one innocent party to another innocent party. But if one party foresees the danger of loss, and accepts that danger, society in common law jurisdictions, will shift the costs of the loss from the innocent party onto the "tortfeasor," i. e., the "guilty" party.<BR/><BR/>If the Government publicizes the results of the audit, the courts will take the position that CN must have foreseen losses that uncorrected unsafe practices have caused, at least after completion of the audit. This will relieve plaintiffs' lawyers from the burden of proving CN foresaw these losses resulting from any uncorrected, unsafe practices. In other words, it would tip the scales of justice against CN. What Tory Government would want to do that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com