The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Marc Garneau, has announced that research is underway through 23 new projects involving the transportation of dangerous goods. A total of $3.6 million has been allocated for the projects, which will be implemented from 2020 to 2023. Funding for the projects was provided to Transport Canada from court settlements paid largely by Irving Oil related to the Lac-Mégantic disaster. The selected projects cover topics such as tools for emergency response; dangerous goods containers; lithium batteries and other energy storage systems; risk assessment and analysis; and other emerging issues.
