I don't profess to be an expert on this matter, but my short answer from our experience in the Elk Valley is no.
Right now, there is work being done by ECCC on coal mining effluent regulations, and the intent is to create a two-tier system by which new mines will be subject to one level of requirement while the mines in the Elk Valley will basically be grandfathered and get a free pass.
The situation that we have in the Elk Valley is one in which industry is addressing the symptom, which is the water contamination, not the problem, and that's how mining is conducted.
Again, the failure of the provincial and the federal regulatory systems is why the Ktunaxa Nation has been asking for more than a decade for an International Joint Commission reference on the watershed in the Elk Valley. We have really lost faith in the federal and provincial governments in maintaining the health of our watersheds and ecosystems. There have been mass die-offs of fish in three of the tributaries.