This week's bus crash in Ottawa is a wake-up call for many,
especially coming on the heels of the fatal collision involving the
Humboldt junior hockey team this past April. For some, this
week's event – which killed three and injured many more
– begs the question: when and how will the federal government
finally improve the safety of commercial buses?
The question is all the more significant in light of a recent rebuke by Transportation Safety Board
chair Kathy Fox who claims the government has yet to implement
safety recommendations that the Board established after an earlier
bus crash in Ottawa in 2013. That incident involved a bus colliding
with a passenger train after breaking through a warning gate at a
rail crossing. Upon hitting the train, six bus passengers were
killed.
