And yet I have it on good authority that the company had applied multiple times over multiple years beforehand for permits to address what they knew was a developing problem. Permits to do the work were not issued, quite possibly because it was politically inconvenient for someone, and the tailings pond eventually failed as the company feared and predicted. If that is true, how is it that you can blame the company? When everything government bodies are supposed to do is politicized, what can you expect- departments are not able to do their jobs and things happen. Can we not please move away from this model- when a ministry is obligated by legislated policy and guidance to do something- just let them do it, no further politics are needed.