Ontario Premier Mike Harris accepted criticism levelled by a report on the Walkerton, Ontario water tragedy. The report said the Harris government's budget reductions made it less likely that the ministry would have identified the problems that led to the massive E-coli outbreak.

Date: 2002-01-18
Placeline: WALKERTON, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 17 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << well I am sorry for any action in the end Justice O'Connor identifies the number that he feels that and certainly in hindsight you know in the government that we could have done a better job and I accept responsibility for that and I apologize for that I don't know how much more direct I can be in there >>

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