Services in Lac-Megantic progressing orderly

Quebec Premier, Pauline Marois has expressed her satisfaction of how efforts in Lac-Megantic are progressing.

Marois told The Gazette on Thursday that her government have done everything and that their response has been quick and that everything is progressing nicely.

She and her ministers have reached out to the federal government for aid money after the P.Q. pledged 60 million dollars in immediate aid money to the eastern townships town.

Meanwhile the chairman of the railway company responsible for the tragedy has been criticized for his handling of the situation. He was greeted by jeers upon his arrival on Wednesday.

New bodies have been discovered on Thursday bringing the estimated death toll to 50. It also has raised safety precautions on transporting oil by rail.