OTTAWA: Canada’s main opposition party called on Thursday (Friday in Manila) for tougher rail-industry regulations after a weekend derailment and explosion in a small Quebec town left 50 people dead or missing.

The New Democratic Party notably pressed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government to set a deadline for phasing out the use of DOT-111 tank cars in the transport of hazardous materials.

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