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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>The list of headings from the report below gives you a quick sense of the failure of water monitoring.<BR>
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Observations and Recommendations <<a href="http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_02_e_34425.html#hd3c">http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_02_e_34425.html#hd3c</a>> <BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'>Management of water monitoring programs <BR>
</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>The Department has not fully defined the extent of its water monitoring responsibilities <BR>
Water monitoring activities are not risk-based <BR>
Water monitoring arrangements are sometimes fulfilled <BR>
The programs have not systematically assessed client needs <BR>
The Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program does not validate the quality of the data it disseminates <BR>
The Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program does not systematically track or communicate variances from water quality thresholds <BR>
The Fresh Water Quality Monitoring program does not measure its performance <BR>
Neither program has developed or implemented action plans for program improvement <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>Environment Canada has not fulfilled its reporting obligations under the <I>Canada Water Act</I></B></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'> <BR>
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On 10-12-07 10:54 AM, "Louisette Lanteigne" <<a href="butterflybluelu@rogers.com">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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--- On <B>Tue, 12/7/10, OAG Webmaster - Webmestre BVG <I><<a href="webmaster-webmestre@oag-bvg.gc.ca">webmaster-webmestre@oag-bvg.gc.ca</a>></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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From: OAG Webmaster - Webmestre BVG <<a href="webmaster-webmestre@oag-bvg.gc.ca">webmaster-webmestre@oag-bvg.gc.ca</a>><BR>
Subject: Tabling of the Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Canada<BR>
To: <a href="butterflybluelu@rogers.com">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a><BR>
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 10:10 AM<BR>
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Mrs. Lanteigne<BR>
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The latest Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development has been tabled in the House of Commons.<BR>
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You can access the Report directly on the Web Site of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada at <a href="http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_e_34435.html">http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201012_e_34435.html</a><BR>
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