One reason I mentioned the polluter pays principle is that, even though these are historic examples long before the current environmental protection regimes were in place for some of these sites, we still have more current issues of the polluter pays principle not being implemented—abandoned gas wells in Alberta, as examples—and we have, likely, a new round of mines coming to help service the green transition, in terms of critical minerals. We are hopeful that the lessons from past legacies such as these will be learned and that in the next rush, for example, which will be for critical minerals, we will not see a repetition of the mistakes of the past and that the polluter pays principle will truly be implemented in a way that doesn't leave future generations and taxpayers holding the bag for past generations' failures.
On May 2nd, 2024. See this statement in context.