CN Agrees to Pay $8 Million for Ontario Oil Spills Following 2015 Derailments

Published on July 25, 2024

The Canadian National Railway Company has agreed to pay $8 million after oil leaked from train cars, causing environmental damage in two separate derailments nine years ago. An Ontario Court of Justice ordered the fine on July 22 after Canadian National (CN) pleaded guilty to two charges under the Fisheries Act, according to an Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) news release, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. The company faced two charges for depositing a harmful substance into water where fish are, one charge from each derailment CN told The Epoch Times in an email that it accepted responsibility for the derailments and agreed to pay the $8 million in fines....

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