The federal government, local Indigenous communities and the public at large were not informed of the leak until months later
Water tainted with dangerous levels of arsenic, dissolved metals and hydrocarbons has beennorth of Fort McMurray, Alta., since May, including next to a small fish-bearing lake and tributaries to the Firebag and Muskeg rivers. The federal government, local Indigenous communities and the public at large were not informed of the leak until months afterward, when a separate incident at Kearl spilled 5.3 million litres of wastewater.
In a March 6 letter to Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod, he argued that under Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, public bodies have a statutory obligation to disclose to the public any information about risks of significant harm to the environment or human health.
Further, he said, Section 32 of the FOIP Act specifically precludes public bodies from delegating the responsibility of public disclosure to private operators .
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