You said you were going to follow up with them, but you never did follow up with them. Even during their annual tailings management review sessions, indigenous communities pointed out evidence suggesting that the tailings ponds in question were seeping beyond their seepage interception system as early as 2020. As recently as November 2022, indigenous representatives asked for an update.
In November 2022, if you didn't have the information six months in, sir, and if you didn't have any inclination that there may be a concern there six months in, I find that very difficult to believe. At the time, you failed to mention lateral seepage occurring from the tailings ponds or the notice of non-compliance which you had received from the AER in September. You were clearly trying to hide information from indigenous communities. Isn't that true?