Alberta regulator apologizes for communications failures at committee hearing on oil sands tailings leaks

With an election looming in Alberta and criticism still coming in from the affected Indigenous nations, Conservative and NDP MPs at the House Environment Committee spar over what the Alberta government knew about Imperial Oil tailings leaks, and when.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, centre, and Liberal members of the House Environment Committee speak to reporters on March 20 about tailings pond leaks in northern Alberta.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

April 24, 2023

The head of the Alberta regulator that failed to notify the federal government or local Indigenous nations about an ongoing oil sands tailing pond leak until nine months later faced challenges from MPs from all parties during his April 24 appearance before a House committee....

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