Sopwith

In Canada there are offenses under the Criminal Code of Criminal Negligence and Criminal Negligence Causing Death. These are cases of negligence which is so egregious as to constitute a criminal act.

Several years ago a ferry operating in the coastal waters of British Columbia ran into and island and sank, killing two of the 101 passengers. The crew operating the vessel at the time missed a course correction some 20 minutes earlier. The crew on the bridge at the time were a man and a woman who had had a romantic relationship until a few weeks before, and there was speculation about what they were doing alone together on the bridge, at night, when the accident happened. The senior crew member responsible for navigating the vessel was charged with criminal negligence, convicted last month and sentenced to four years in prison.

Quebec police are currently conducting an investigation into whether there was criminal negligence in the recent catastrophic train crash in Lac Magentic, Quebec.

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