Imperial Oil chief executive officer Brad Corson began his testimony before the House of Commons environment committee with a land acknowledgement, an apology and a promise to ‘do better’
onto Crown lands north of Fort McMurray, Alta., since May. Some of the runoff has been near a small fish-bearing lake and tributaries to the Firebag and Muskeg rivers.
Almost one year on, Imperial Oil still has no estimate of the volume of tailings-tainted water that has leaked into the environment. That’s because “there’s a lot of complexity in the calculation” to measure fluids on and under the surface, Mr. Corson said. Executives didn’t arrive with any details for the committee of how many toxic contaminants there are, nor their concentrations.
Alberta NDP MP Heather McPherson charged that the company was “clearly trying to hide information from Indigenous communities.” Over two hours of questioning, he was unable to explain why the company failed to share the pertinent information for so long. Mr. Corson said the information is being shared now, and added that in the data the company has gathered, there was “nothing concerning in that data per se.”
Asked by Ms. Goodridge if anyone in the company faced disciplinary action as a result of the failures, Mr. Corson replied, “We haven’t been focused on internal blame and responsibility.” He added the company is conducting internal investigations.in the same year that its systems failed to prevent the leaks of toxic waste. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May suggested he give some of his $17.
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