Imperial Oil to answer questions at House Environment Committee about tailings pond leaks, but Alberta regulator waiting for invitation

Indigenous communities along the Athabasca River are looking for federal intervention after an oilsands company and its Alberta regulator withheld information on tailings leaks for nine months.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu speak with reporters on March 20, about tailings leaks at an Imperial Oil facility in Alberta.

The oil company at the centre of a recent outcry over large-scale tailings leaks in northern Alberta says it welcomes the opportunity to appear before the House Environment Committee in April, but the provincial regulator that has come under criticism from the federal govern...

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