My question is not about refund claims. I am thinking of situations such as the Lac-Mégantic incident. The government had to pay for the damage because the company in charge went bankrupt or did not have sufficient liability insurance.
The case we are discussing has more to do with marine liability. Unless I am mistaken, Canadians would have to pay. If the liability limit is $400 million, and the cost exceeds that limit, someone else would have to pay. Since the government would want to eliminate the pollution caused, it would pay for the clean up. At the end of the day, Canadian taxpayers would pay for that. Am I wrong?