Dear Editor:
In my May 26 letter challenging Burnaby Mayor Corrigan's comments on P3s (public private partnerships), I made two errors in one of the four major points I made.
I named a number of municipalities in B.C. and Alberta which had "elected P3s" for their drinking water operations. This was an error. These municipalities elected private sector solutions, but it is a mixture of P3s, privately owned utilities, and simple private sector outsourcing (service contracts; no financing, designing and building the plant).
My point remains true: a significant number of municipalities (and I mentioned only Alberta and B.C. and only one water service provider - EPCOR) have entrusted the private sector with their water and/or wastewater services.
I was also out-of-date on Wood Buffalo, Alta.: they are now considering a municipally owned service provider for themselves and other customers, much like EPCOR (Edmonton) or ENMAX (Calgary).
John Hunter North Vancouver
