Energy watchdog head Laurie Pushor tells MPs at House of Commons environment committee that information will form part of independent investigation into agency’s response
Kearl oil sands site on Monday, as a Liberal MP on the House of Commons environment committee suggested the provincial agency was part of a cover-up.
Almost a year after the issues were detected, Mr. Pushor’s lack of answers had a cold reception from MPs. Northwest Territories Liberal MP Michael McLeod tabled a motion at the end of the meeting to call the AER and Imperial Oil back to the committee in October to provide more information and an update.by Alberta’s information and privacy watchdog over whether the regulator had a legal obligation to disclose information about the leak.
Given the breakdown in trust, MPs on the committee asked Mr. Pushor to testify under oath. He agreed, but committee members were regularly frustrated by the level of information he could provide.government about the incidents at Kearl in February, but would not say when the regulator first told the province about the issues.The failure to disclose that detail is all the more problematic because it means Albertans willin May without all the information, said Alberta NDP MP Heather McPherson.
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