of the disaster; due to the division of powers in the Canadian Constitution, the province is the only government that would be able to enact any real change. Conversely, the United Steelworkers, the union that represented the miners and that spearheaded the lobbying effort, touted the law as an important new tool with which to hold accountable corporate leadership in on-the-job disasters. The key amendment to the Criminal Code reads as follows: "217.1 Every one who undertakes, or has the authority, to direct how another person does work or performs a task is under a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task." Memorial Today, a memorial sits in a park in nearby New Glasgow at the approximate location above ground where the remaining 11 miners are trapped. The memorial lands were protected by the Nova Scotia government and further mineral exploration is prohibited within the 250-acre site. The memorial's central monument, engraved with the names and ages of the twenty-six men who lost their lives in the disaster states, "Their light shall always shine." The names and ages of the 26 miners who were killed in the Westray coal mine disaster: John Thomas Bates, 56 Larry Arthur Bell, 25 Bennie Joseph Benoit, 42 Wayne Michael Conway, 38 Ferris Todd Dewan, 35 Adonis J. Dollimont, 36 Robert Steven Doyle, 22 Rémi Joseph Drolet, 38 Roy Edward Feltmate, 33 Charles Robert Fraser, 29 Myles Daniel Gillis, 32 John Philip Halloran, 33 Randolph Brian House, 27 Trevor Martin Jahn, 36 Laurence Elwyn James, 34 Eugene W. Johnson, 33 Stephen Paul Lilley, 40 Michael Frederick MacKay, 38 Angus Joseph MacNeil, 39 Glenn David Martin, 35 Harry A. McCallum, 41 Eric Earl McIsaac, 38 George S. James Munroe, 38 Danny James Poplar, 39 Romeo Andrew Short, 35 Peter Francis Vickers, 38 Razing of mine site The former mine site was mostly razed in 1998. When the two 15-storey blue concrete coal storage silos were demolished on November 27, 1998, the most visible reminder of the tragedy was erased. The damaged mine shaft had been permanently sealed following the decision to abort further recovery attempts in May 1992 and after investigations were completed. Related works The disaster was the subject of a 2001 National Film Board of Canada documentary Westray, written and directed by Paul Cowan. The film included dramatic