Statement from Indigenous and environmental experts on the federal government’s enforcement of the Fisheries Act in response to Imperial Oil leak

Mar. 14

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.

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Statement from Indigenous and environmental experts on the federal government’s enforcement of the Fisheries Act in response to Imperial Oil leak

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