The Opposition wants to know who’s calling the shots after former premier Danny Williams admitted that he donated close to $47,000 to the PC election campaign last year to stop the Churchill Falls MOU.

Williams was also behind a campaign that included a prominent billboard at Rawlins Cross urging voters to “Stop the Churchill Giveaway.”

The Opposition wants to know if the premier is prepared to “put a $225 billion opportunity” and the province’s future at risk for political gain.

The Liberal Party says Newfoundlanders and Labradorians deserve “transparency, not backroom influence.”

The former premier is unapologetic. He says as a strong supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party, he was particularly motivated when the Liberals declared that the single most important election issue was the Churchill Falls MOU.

Williams says he was “adamantly opposed to almost every component of that MOU” claiming that it “dramatically benefitted Quebec while leaving Newfoundland and Labrador seriously disadvantaged.” Williams tells VOCM News that he felt compelled to do his part to support Premier Wakeham, and to ensure that the MOU was stopped.

The findings of a review panel examining the MOU between NL Hydro and Hydro Quebec on Upper Churchill expansion are due at the end of this month.