Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for joining us today and for coming back to the committee, Mr. Corson.
My first question is to you, Mr. Corson. If you'll indulge me, I have many questions. If you could keep your answers as brief as possible, I'd appreciate it. Perhaps that will allow me to get through my remarks.
Today, Mr. Corson, you suggested that no adverse impacts on wildlife or human life have occurred. You said there was no evidence of toxic tailings leakage into water systems such as the Athabasca River. That claim has been widely refuted by indigenous groups and other scientists who have appeared before this committee since April 20, and by many others online. They are widely claiming that 5.3 million litres of leakage have entered into natural systems like the Athabasca River.
Could you be clear, Mr. Corson? When you apologized for what has been referred to as a communications error, what precisely were you apologizing for, if none of these process-affected waters have impacted natural waterways?