That's okay, Mr. Pushor.
It's obvious to me there's a lot of cleaning up to do around the Kearl site and other sites more broadly across the oil sands as well. These tailings ponds have demonstrated they consistently pose serious risk to human and animal health.
My question for you is: Who ought to be accountable for these or future leakages? Do you think it ought to be a taxpayer obligation to clean up this environmental disaster or should the financial obligation be borne by the oil and gas companies, such as Imperial who have posted record profits just in the third quarter of 2023—for Imperial, over $1.6 billion?
Who should pay to clean up this mess and prevent future leaks and harm to human health and the environment?