Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Corson, you were the highest-paid CEO of a Canadian oil and gas company in 2022, yet sadly, this was not the only environmental disaster your company has been directly responsible for. Despite this, your pay nearly doubled in 2022 to $17 million. That's your personal pay. It's probably because your company posted record profits that year of over $11 billion. I might add that you did that by increasing prices for consumers.
It's obvious to me and to Canadians that there's a lot of cleaning up to do throughout the Kearl site and, more broadly, in the oil sands. It's been referred to as the largest environmental disaster in Canada. These tailings ponds pose serious risks to human and animal health. They are designed to leak, and they leak millions of litres of tailings effluent into natural systems every single year.
Mr. Corson, who should pay to clean up this environmental disaster—taxpayers, or you and your company, which is directly responsible for this contamination? Who should pay to clean up this mess and prevent future leaks and harm to human health and the environment?