posted on August 16, 2008

The Star: Safety agency slammed over propane blast

By: Robert Benzie, Daniel Girard
Published: August 15, 2008
Source: The Star

Large propane facilities across Ontario will face greater scrutiny in the wake of Sunday's deadly explosion in Downsview, promises Consumer Minister Harinder Takhar.

In a face-to-face meeting yesterday, Takhar blasted the brass of the private agency that monitors propane operators and demanded increased inspections of places like the doomed Sunrise Propane.

"I was disappointed in how they have been communicating with the public," he told the Star. "I would expect them to put out information that people can rely upon."

He spoke a day after the Technical Standards and Safety Authority, which implements provincial law on handling of propane, issued a mistake-riddled list mapping the location of large facilities, including one in Toronto that didn't exist, another that was a townhouse development, and one in Keswick that was sold a decade ago.

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