Quebec Premier Pauline Marois

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois: Such measures could have helped prevent the derailment of an oil-bearing train that decimated the town and killed at least 47 people, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois said Friday as the premiers wrapped up their two-day Council of the Federation conference, according to CTV. The final joint statement from the premiers noted that there was a "clear lack of information" on hazardous materials travelling by train and NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. -- Canada's provincial and territorial leaders want Ottawa to set up a monitoring system to track trains carrying hazardous materials and tighten insurance rules in the wake of the deadly disaster in Lac-Megantic, Que. "We can also, if we have the right information, present our demands to the federal government about the regulations of the railway transportation," she said. "So we can work on specific issues in a better way than we did until now." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.