September 2002

The Walkerton Commission of Inquiry has informed the Ministry of the Attorney General of certain errors in the Part One and Part Two Reports submitted to the government earlier this year. The Commission has requested the ministry to make this information publicly available.

The errata are as follows:

Part One Report

Page 118, Table 3

The second of the five columns in this table, entitled "Total Coliforms - Positive Samples," should not include % signs; these are absolute numbers. Also, the fourth of the five columns, entitled "E. coli - Positive Samples," should read "1" in the blank space in the first row.

Appendices, Page 30:

The second entry under the heading "Saturday July 29 (Private meetings*)" should read: "B.R. and B.T."

Appendices, Page 9:

The first name should read "Philip Bye."

Part Two Report

Generally

The report refers to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). This department is currently known as "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada" (INAC).

Page 288:

The first sentence in the first full paragraph should read: "The Chair of the Peterborough Utilities Commission recommended to the Inquiry that all municipalities adopt this model by restructuring their PUC or water department so that management and operations are provided by a separate not-for-profit company, as in the case of Peterborough."

Page 288, Footnote 24:

The third and fourth sentences of this footnote should read: "The Peterborough Utilities Commission remains a separate public utility and owner of the water system with its five commissioners appointed by city council, and operates on a not-for-profit basis. The Peterborough PUC contracts for the management and operation of the water system with a separate not-for-profit company, incorporated under the Ontario Business Corporations Act, which remains solely owned by the city."

Page 480, Footnote 7:

The URL in this footnote should read: http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/news/2002/040501.htm

Page 496

The fourth sentence in section 15.3.4 should read: "In regard to the former, I note that INAC and Health Canada developed the Circuit Rider Training program operated by the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation and funded by INAC, which seeks to upgrade the qualifications of the people operating on-reserve water systems."

Page 535, Table A.2:

The entry for the Canadian maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) for total coliforms reads "3000 per 100 ml"; this entry should read "none." Footnote 131, which appears with the existing entry, remains unchanged.