Statement from Indigenous and environmental experts on the federal government’s enforcement of the Fisheries Act in response to Imperial Oil leak
Keeper of the Water & Environmental Defence Canada―March 14, 2023
Treaty 8 (Alberta)―Yesterday, in response to the spill of over 5.3 million litres of toxic wastewater from Imperial Oil’s tar sands tailings ponds, the federal government issued a Fisheries Act direction - requiring the company to take immediate action to prevent any seepage from entering fish-bearing waters. This followed testing by federal officers showing the leaking wastewater is harmful to fish.
