Ottawa Confirms Land Expropriations for Rail Bypass After Lac-Mégantic Tragedy

Ottawa Confirms Land Expropriations for Rail Bypass After Lac-Mégantic Tragedy
Federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra arrives at a news conference in Ottawa, on April 24, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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The federal government says it will expropriate land from residents near Lac-Mégantic, Que., to create a rail bypass around the town where a train crashed in 2013 and killed 47 people.

Ottawa released a statement Wednesday confirming that it was going ahead with the expropriations without the consent of all affected land owners.