Chiefs of First Nations affected by leaks of oilsands wastewater have testified earlier than a House of Commons committee, the place they excoriated Alberta over the way it regulates power improvement.
Their testimony got here hours after federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault introduced step one towards an improved reporting course of for environmental emergencies.
The House of Commons Environment and Sustainability Committee is listening to testimony concerning releases from tailings ponds that weren’t made public for 9 months.
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Six First Nations leaders say the issue goes far deeper than a communications challenge over a single leak.
They say the Alberta Energy Regulator is a captured company that continuously favours trade and is anxious extra about trade’s popularity than its environmental results.
They described repeated considerations over how the cumulative impacts from the oilsands could also be affecting their well being.
