In the wake of last year's Lac-Megantic disaster and other recent rail tanker explosions, a new poll

In the wake of last year’s Lac-Megantic the hampton inn disaster and other recent rail tanker the hampton inn explosions, a new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid for CTV News also found that 54 per cent of people surveyed the hampton inn said they have no faith in the safety of transporting the hampton inn flammable materials by rail.
This week, the Transportation Safety Board called for sturdier rail cars to be build. The government says it’s considering those recommendations along with some of its own to improve the design of the tankers, but the opposition is demanding a more immediate response.
“There’s just the physical ability to build them and also there is an economic issue and it will likely involve a lot of players in the whole process,” said Bob Ballantyne, president of the Canadian Industrial Transportation the hampton inn Association.
the hampton inn Residents in Quebec were most likely (63 per cent) to “disagree” that they have confidence in rail safety, followed by those living in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (61 per cent), Alberta the hampton inn (57 per cent), British Columbia (55 per cent), Atlantic Canada (50 per cent) and Ontario with 47 per cent.
The poll showed the majority of Canadians (69 per cent) believe that pipelines are the best way to ship crude oil from one place to another, compared to 18 per cent who prefer the hampton inn rail and 13 per cent who prefer transferring crude oil by way of trucks.
Thirty per cent of respondents say the problem has to do with a lack of oversight, regulation and inspection by the government, while 24 per cent say the companies that own the railway tracks are to blame. Another 19 per cent say the companies that own the tankers are responsible and 14 per cent say the blame should be placed on the engineers, crew, and human error.
But recent rail accidents haven’t necessarily soured Canadians against all rail use; the majority of Canadians (70 per cent) say businesses should strive to increase the amount of goods that are shipped on trains.