Okay, so it's possibly just a coincidence that sulphates are occurring at 18 times the average just following this release. I understand that to be your position. Thank you.
Mr. Corson, this Kearl site disaster highlights the apparent inability for oil companies such as Imperial to manage their waste. Mr. Pushor was here from the Alberta Energy Regulator, acknowledging that leakage is actually anticipated with these earthen dams, as you referred to them. Contamination of natural waterways and groundwater isn't actually a failure of the system or the regulations, or a communications error, as your organization has consistently called this; leakage is a feature of that.
Since indigenous communities were not notified, we have also seen a rise in some very specific and unique cancers that are linked directly to some contaminants from tailings ponds. People are literally dying from a rare form of cancer that's not seen anywhere else, and your company is claiming that none of these tailings and toxic contaminants are entering natural waterways. This is where indigenous people have hunted and drunk from for generations and generations.
How do we rationalize this stark and rapid rise in rare forms of cancer that are linked directly to effluent from your industry?