“The biggest learning from this is that the province has oversight and control over what information the federal government is receiving,” said Mandy Olsgard, a toxicologist who has worked on regulatory issues for the Alberta Energy Regulator and Indigenous groups.“They just hand it off to the province.”
“It’s a general message of don’t rock the boat,” he said. “It permeates the department of energy and it permeates Alberta Environment.” “We need to take a step back and say ‘What are the processes? Were they followed? And do we need to enhance them?”‘ Savage said this week. “We’re committed to taking the step to enhancing all of those processes.”Article contentBut Marlin Schmidt, the Alberta New Democrat’s environment critic, is skeptical.
The Kearl situation shows it can be a mistake for the federal government to “harmonize” regulations with the provinces and delegate oversight to them, Olszynski said.Article content
Meanwhile, the federal government overseas the train industry, which has over 10,000 derailments in Canada each year. The truck driving industry which kills more than 25,000 people in Canada each year.