A report released by B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner about the Mount Polley Mine disaster last summer reveals that the province had information that indicated a potential safety risk that it did not disclose to local residents — but it didn’t have to do so.
The commissioner examined records from the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Environment from January 2009 to August 2014.
The report found that the information the ministries had about the mine did not meet provincial requirements to share the risks to residents. However, they did have information about two events — a tension crack and a “freeboard incident” — that they could have disclosed nonetheless.
CBC News – July 02, 2015.
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