AER on hot seat as MPs hold hearings into Kearl oilsands leak yyc ableg cdnpoli Column by ChrisVarcoe:
In late January, about 5.3 million litres of wastewater overflowed from a process water drainage pond at the oilsands mine, which led the AER to issue an environmental protection order on Feb. 6, and nearby communities to learn of the initial seepage.
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation called it “absurd and appalling” that information about the initial seepage wasn’t disclosed for several months. Officials with the regulator listened to Monday’s hearings. Indigenous leaders “spoke courageously and openly on their concerns with a great number of important matters, including industry impacts of oilsands on their lands and peoples,” Pushor said in a statement.
Last month, the AER unveiled plans to hire a third party to examine issues around the notification of Indigenous communities and other stakeholders, pledging results will be made public “to demonstrate that the regulator is both credible and trustworthy.”Article content“I’m not expecting much change from a captured regulator to be honest . . .
“As an Albertan, I’m sickened by the testimony that I’ve heard today,” said Heather McPherson, the MP for Edmonton Strathcona.
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